Herring v. Pollock

JONES, Judge.

Osee B. Herring leased 16.5 acres from the ancestor in title of the defendants, Betty Tillie and Ruth Lane Pollock. The lease was duly recorded in the Conveyance Records of DeSoto Parish, and contained the following provision:

“If lessor during the terms of this lease decides to sell the property herein leased then in that event lessee is to be given refusal of the property.”

During the term of the lease the Pollocks sold the property subject to the lease to defendant, Evans Calvert, who immediately sold it to defendant Ellis Samuel Roe.

Herring was given no notice of these…