Leftwich v. Wilson

Appellant, Anna Leftwich, has moved for an appeal from a judgment of the Wood-ford Circuit Court by which appellee, John B. Wilson’s administratrix, was awarded the sum of $1,770 as damages for breach of contract.

We are of opinion that the facts in this case present a landlord-tenant share cropping case, and may not be properly classified as a real estate lease for a period of one year. The entire contract was capable of being performed within a year from the day upon which it was undertaken, because the agreement was simply to raise crops during the growing season. The statute of frauds,,…