Reirdon v. Bronaugh

On September 22, 1923, Lizzie Noah, nee Carny, a full-blood Choctaw Indian, entered into a lease contract for a period of five years to begin on December 10, 1923, and expire on December 10, 1928. This lease ran for a period of more than five years from the date it was executed. On September 4, 1924, Lizzie Noah leased the same premises to V. Bronaugh for a period of five years running from the date of the lease. Bronaugh, plaintiff, brought suit in the district court of Marshall county against J. P. Reirdon, as defendant, for possession of the premises, claiming that Reirdon’s lease was void…