Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society v. Rayburn

Mrs. Melissa Hayes was life tenant of a quarter section of land in Warren county and the Woman’s American Baptist Home Mission Society was the reversioner. Mrs. Hayes’ affairs were in the hands of a conservator, and J. B. and George E. Pratt were in possession of the land as tenants for a term expiring March 1,1914, when, on October 6,1913, said conservator executed with Pratt & Pratt a written lease of said premises from the conservator to the tenants for one year, from March 1,1914 to March 1, 1915, for $1,430, payable on March 1, 1914, which was the first day of the term. They paid the…