Sexton Rice & Irrigation Co. v. Sexton

JAMES, Chief Justice.

A statement of the pleadings is necessary. Manley Sexton and his wife filed their original petition on December 31, 1903, alleging a written contract of lease of 2000 acres for ten years from January 1, 1902, to the Sexton Bice & Irrigation Co., the rental for the year 1903 being $4000, payable on December 1, 1903. That 200 acres had been sold and 1800 acres remained under the lease, the proportionate part of which rental for 1903 is $3600, and the ■ sum now due is that amount less a payment of $1000 on December 10, 1903, to wit: $2600. The defendants were the Sexton Bice…