Graves Bros., Inc. v. Lasley

Appellant, Graves Bros., Inc., a foreign corporation domiciled at Memphis, Tennessee, instituted this suit in the Chicot Chancery Court against appellees, alleging, in effect: That for the year 1932

appellee, J. I. Lasley, rented or leased from appellant Usonia Plantation in Chicot County, and agreed to pay as rental therefor for said year the sum of $1,200, upon which there is a balance due of $706.01. That for the year 1933 appellee rented from appellant the same plantation, and agreed to pay as rental therefor fifteen bales of cotton of the average weight of 500 pounds per bale; that, when…