Forrest v. Durnell
Texas Supreme Court
Certified Questions from Court of Civil Appeals for Fifth District,, in an appeal from Ellis County.
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
Forrest rented to Durnell, for the year 1891, 87 acres of land, for which the latter agreed to pay $4 per acre.
Afterwards Durnell, for the same term, rented to Harrison 50 acres of the land at $4 per acre for so much as he cultivated in grain, and for that cultivated in cotton to pay one-fourth of the cotton raised on the land so used. To the other defendants Durnell rented the residue of the land for the year, they agreeing to pay him as rent one-fourth of the cotton and. one-third of the grain raised.
On this state of facts the Court of Civil Appeals has certified…
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