Hyde v. Bains

STAKELY, Justice.

On June 23, 1942, under a written lease, M. Denton leased to Mrs. Ida Bains (appellee) a certain store building in Oneonta, Alabama, the rent to be at the rate of forty dollars per month, payable monthly. The lease, among other things, provided for renewal of the lease on the same terms for an additional period of five years. There is no provision in the lease giving the landlord the right of re-entry or the right to declare the lease forfeited on the failure to pay the rent.

While the lease was in force, J. H. Hyde (appellant) purchased the property embraced in the lease from…