Gulley v. Mayo

The appellee was the landlord; the appellant was the tenant; the property rented a residence and lot on which it is situated in the City of Pascagoula. The landlord brought this action to oust the tenant from possession of the leased premises and to recover double rent under the hold-over statute, Section 2225, Code 1930. The trial resulted in a judgment for the landlord as prayed. From that judgment the tenant prosecutes this appeal.

The case was tried on agreed facts. The tenancy was from month to month and began on the 10th of March, 1937, and continued until the 5th of April, 1940,'when…