Coker v. Citizens Bank

Defendant Coker, a resident of Rome, Georgia, operated a shoe store in the City of Gainesville in a building which he leased from the Imperial Pharmacy, of which J. W. Jacobs was proprietor. His lease was at a monthly rental of $50, and had eight or ten years to run. He approached Jacobs in August, 1922, with a view to securing a cancellation of the lease, and offered Jacobs $1,000 in settlement of some $400 back rent then due, and to release him from future liability, which was refused. Barron operated a restaurant in the- City of Gainesville; and on December 5, 1922, Barron and defendant’s…