Brown v. Board of Supervisors

Error to the Circuit Court of Issaquena County. Hon. C. C. Shackleford, Judge. The lessee will not be allowed to dispute his lessor’s title. But where the question is, whether a lease has been made, there is as to that question no relation of trust or confidence between the parties which will prevent the lessee from asserting his rights. M'JElwee v. Martin, 2 Hill (S. C.), 496 ; Sumner v. Murphy, 2 Hill (S. C.), 488; Simmons v. Parsons, 2 Hill (S. C.), 492. The lessee cannot invoke the statute so as to make his possession during the term adverse to the lessor’s right in reversion. But where…