Brown v. Cairns

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J. :

By an instrument in writing plaintiffs in error leased to defendants in error a body of land in Coffey county for the term of ten years from March 1, 1895. The latter agreed to pay as rent for the premises $1000 annually for the first five years, and $1500 each year for the remaining time. In January, 1896, the lessees informed their landlords that they would be unable to continue to hold the land during the entire term, owing to a failure to realize as much from the premises as they expected. Plaintiffs thereon agreed with the defendants…