PHILPOT v. FIELDS

No. 9041.

633 S.W.2d 546 (1982)

Jimmie L. PHILPOT, Appellant, v. Bert FIELDS, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey C. Moseley, Moseley & Moseley, Marshall, for appellant.

Ruben K. Abney, J. Rodney Gilstrap, Abney, Baldwin & Searcy, Marshall, for appellee.


BLEIL, Justice.

Is a land lease for a term of years and so long thereafter as the land is used for certain purposes unenforceable past the stated term because of an indefinite ending date? This is the only issue on appeal. The trial court, on stipulated facts, declined to declare the lease unenforceable. We affirm, holding that the lease is sufficiently definite and certain for enforcement.

On October 5, 1956, Florence Akin leased a 9.4 acre tract of...

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