Chastain v. Hall

Appellant filed suit in the Crawford Circuit Court for the value of certain, crops raised on appellant’s land. Appellant had entered into an oral contract with his relative, Ed Rogers. Rogers was in bad health and made an agreement with appellee by which he sold the hay and the use of the pasture to appellee. The appellant testified in substance that Rogers agreed to cultivate such of the farm as he could and to take pay for any improvements he might make out of the rent, and that the payment of the rent was to be made to appellant; that he did not rent Rogers any hay-lands. He testified that…