Calhoun v. Atchison
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 53 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CITED— 1 Parson’s on Contracts, 399, 401. 2 Kent’s Com., 640-41. 7 Dana, 281 ; Chiles vs. Nelson. 3 Met., 557; Cook vs. Brandéis Sp Crawford. American Law Register for 1863, p. 215. CiTED- Parson’s on Contracts, 4th cd.,p. 399. 1 Sumner, 218; Hazard vs. New England Marine Ins.
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CASE 53 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CITED— 1 Parson’s on Contracts, 399, 401. 2 Kent’s Com., 640-41. 7 Dana, 281 ; Chiles vs. Nelson. 3 Met., 557; Cook vs. Brandéis Sp Crawford. American Law Register for 1863, p. 215. CiTED- Parson’s on Contracts, 4th cd.,p. 399. 1 Sumner, 218; Hazard vs. New England Marine Ins. Company; 3 Johnson 543 ; Bruce vs. Pearson. 2 Woodbury Sp Menot, 359 ; Greene vs. Baleman. 7 Johnson, 470; Tuttle vs. Lowe. 4 Wheaton, 225; Elcason vs. Henshaw. 5 Mus. óf Welby, 535; 1 Kern., 441. 4 Mus. óf Wdby, 155; 1 Price, 70. 2 Ves. Sf Bca.,…
1Opinion of the Court
CIUEF JUSTreE WILLIAMS
delivered the opinion or the oohrt:
The main and important question in this case, and which must control, is, whether there was an agreement between appellant and appellees as to the lease, for the year of 1866, of appellant’s farm in the State of Mississippi, known as Glen Allen, consisting of about nine hundred and twenty-five acres of cleared land, with dwelling and other necessary houses, and four hundred acres of out land.
January 24, 1866, appellee, Carr, addressed Dr. Ned Blackburn, appellant’s son-in-law, a letter, on board the steamer Virginia, off Grand Lake,…
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