Lennox v. Vandalia Coal Co.

Plaintiff and her husband entered into the following contract with defendant:

“This agreement made and entered into this the twenty-seventh day of December, 1887, between G-eorge W. Lennox and his wife, Ann J. Lennox, of the city and county of St. Louis, party of the first part, here*561inafter called the lessors, and the Vandalia Coal Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the state of Missouri, party of the second part, hereinafter called the lessee, witnesseth:

“That for and in consideration of the sum of $1 to each of said parties in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby…