Douglas v. Schindler

THE COURT.

This appeal presents but one point for our consideration, namely: Did a certain agreement to be hereafter set forth, amount to a novation, thereby releasing respondent Schindler from liability under a certain lease agreement, or was it a mere recording agreement, in no way changing the legal status of the parties at the time of its execution. The point arises from the following uncontradicted facts:

On August 10, 1922, Austie L. Douglas and H. J. Douglas, as lessors, entered into a lease agreement with A. D. Schindler as lessee, for the leasing of some 2,400 acres of land in Kings…