Hackett v. Schad
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 89 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CITED— 1 Parsons on Contracts, p. 386, sec. 14. 1 Met. (Ky.), 229; Griswold, lyc., vs. Taylor's adm'r. 3 Met., 30 j Robinson vs. Bright's ex'r. 3 Monroe/, 290 ; Bedal vs. Stith. CITED— 1 IAttell, 121; Overstreet vs. Phillips, Ij-c. 4 Mar., 532; Rudd vs. Hanna. 3 Mon., 290; Bedal vs. Stith. 4 Bibb, 249; French vs. Orear.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion of the court:
For the consideration of twelve hundred dollars paid in advance, J. C. Johnson, owning a life estate in a house and appttrtenant grounds, in the city of Louis*354ville, leased them to Francis Schad, for the term of ten years, to commence on the first of January succeeding the date of the lease, which was October 5th, 1864. Johnson died in December, 1864, before the commencement of the term. By the written contract Schad was allowed to build a small wooden house, with a cellar, and Johnson agreed to pay him, at the end of the term, what it might…
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