Jefcoat v. Gunter

Citations

• 73 Miss. 539

Syllabus

<p>1. Landlord and Tenant. Wrongful eviction. Lcmdlord’s liability. Value of crop. Deduction for rent.</p> <p>A tenant is not entitled to a recovery for a wrongful eviction by his landlord, in excess of the damages he has sustained thereby; and where his one year lease was of agricultural lands, on which he had an ungathered crop at the time of his eviction, a verdict for the value of the whole crop is excessive to the extent that his rent for the year remained unpaid.</p> <p>2. Same. Compensation for gathering crop. Landlord’s claim.</p> <p>Where a tenant, under a lease for one year of agricultural lands, on which he had an ungathered crop, when wrongfully evicted by his landlord, is ready and willing to gather the crop at maturity, the landlord is not entitled to compensation for work done and expenses incurred in gathering- the same against the tenant’s protest.</p>