Reeves Furniture Co. v. Simms

On April 1, 1926, and for a great number of years prior thereto, James H. Simms and his brother A. L. Simms were the owners of a certain three-story brick building in the city of Texarkana in which Reeves Furniture Company, a corporation, was conducting a furniture business. Reeves Furniture Company had been in the building since 1914, either as lessee from Simms brothers or as sublessee from the J. C. Penny Company with Simms brothers' consent. The J. C. Penny Company's lease with Simms brothers under which Reeves Furniture Company occupied the building expired on April 1, 1926. On or about…