Gay v. Peak

The propositions of law announced in the head-notes decide the points raised in the record, and, for the most part, do not require elaboration to be understood. A brief statement of the facts may, however, make them somewhat clearer. Gay sued out a distress warrant against the defendants for the rent of a plantation for the year 1905. He testified, that the contract was made in December, 1904, and that the tenancy was to exist only throughout the year 1905; that he did not represent that the place contained anjr given number of acres; that he did not fail to make necessary repairs; that,…