Serviss v. Hoffman

Plaintiffs below, G. O. Hoffman. Louie W. Hoffman, and Homer H. Hoffman, partners as Hoffman Brothers, instituted this action to recover damages from S. A. Serviss, alleging that they leased land from S. A. Serviss and that before they had taken possession, the said Serviss sold the land, and they were unable to obtain possession from the purchaser. The prayer was for damages, consisting of expenses incurred by them in preparing to cultivate the land, and for damages for loss occasioned by their wrongful exclusion from the land. The lease was an agricultural lease, calling for the payment to…