Bouknight v. Mitchell

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

This is an action upon two promissory notes, aggregating $191.18, executed by the defendant to the plaintiff under the following circumstances: Mr. Bouknight had upon his premises, during the year 1920, a colored tenant by the name of Capers Hall. Towards the close of the year, Hall decided to leave Mr. Bouknight’s place' and applied to Dr. Mitchell, opening negotiations with him looking to farming a part of his land during the year 1921. Hall had a horse, a mule, a cow, the seed of 7 bales of cotton, 30 or 40 bushels of corn, 300…