If there is no written contract, a landlord may, by action, recover reasonable satisfaction for the use and occupation of his land. If on the trial a verbal contract reserving rent in a certain amount is proven, the verbal contract shall be evidence of the amount recoverable.
KRS 383.090
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2300.