Cheatham v. Tennell's Assignee

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

In January, 1914, the appellant, George Cheatham, rented land to John Tennell, to he cultivated in tobacco. Under the contract of leasing, one-half of the tobacco grown was to be Tennell’s and the other half was to be Cheatham’s. In February, 1914, Tennell sowed on the leased land a tobacco bed for the purpose of raising plants with which to set out the fifteen acres in tobacco that was to be grown under the rent contract.

On March 23, 1914, Tennell executed to Cheatham, his landlord, a note for six hundred dollars, and also a mortgage on his…