Holder v. Southern Cotton Oil Co.

1. There being no pleading setting up fraud, accident, or mistake in the execution of the contract as sued on, the court did not err in rejecting the testimony offered for the purpose of proving the same, and the only question presented by the record is whether, under the contract as executed, the defendants were liable for the taxes sued for.

2. A stipulation of a lease, providing that the lessee shall pay the taxes against the property covered by the lease, necessarily lias for its consideration the use of the property by the lessee, or the making of the lease, and therefore such a…