Pate v. . Gaitley
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendants from Kerr, J., at December Term, 1921, of ROBESON. Civil action to recover fifteen bales of cotton, or tbe value thereof, as rent for a 200-acre farm for tbe year 1919, wbicb subsequently, by agreement, entered into and became a part of tbe purchase price of tbe land — tbe defendant R. T. Gaitley having bought tbe farm during bis tenancy.
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, J.
Tbe defendants leased from tbe plaintiff a valuable farm, located in Robeson County, and containing about 200 acres, for tbe years 1918 and 1919; and, as rent for said farm, it was stipulated and agreed in a written contract between tbe parties that tbe defendants should deliver to tbe plaintiff, “at Parkton, N. 0., on or before 15 October of each year, during tbe life of said lease, fifteen bales of middling lint cotton, averaging 500 pounds to the bale.” Later, and during tbe continuance of said lease, tbe defendant R. T. Gaitley took a written option from tbe plaintiff, whereby be acquired…
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