Lancaster v. Wheeler

In 1923 the appellee, Nelson Wheeler, owned a tract of 50 acres of land situated in Harrison county. In the early part of that year he rented the land to Tom Lias for one year, under a parol agreement, in which the tenant agreed to pay as rent one bale of lint cotton weighing 500 pounds from the “first picking.” Wheeler was to furnish only the land, and Lias was to furnish all other things essential to growing the crop. There was no tenant houses or other improvements on the land, but it appears that the tenant had the right to use the entire 50 acres. Lias entered into possession of the…