Johnson v. Moxley

Sarah Simmons owned a farm in Crenshaw county which in October, 1915, she leased to D.C. Roach for a period of five years beginning January 1, 1916, at an annual rental of $212.50. This lease was in writing duly executed, and was by Roach transferred to the defendant Johnson, on February 16, 1916. Before the first payment under the lease fell due Simmons died and the Union Bank Trust Company of Montgomery, Ala., qualified as administrator. Roach never went into possession of the farm, but Johnson did and by tenant cultivated the land for the years 1916, 1917, and 1918, and for those years…