Bell v. Vaughn

— The plaintiff below, Belle Vaughn, owned fifty-three acres of land in Turna county, which the defendant, Joe Bell, occupied as a tenant during the year 1934. His lease was oral and a few days before it expired, or on December 22, 1934, the plaintiff gave him written notice to surrender possession on January 1, 1935. He refused to do so, but, according to the complaint, continued wilfully to hold possession of the premises after that date.

In his answer the defendant denied that his lease expired January 1, 1935, and that written notice to surrender possession of the premises had been served…