Lavender v. Hall
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Hale. Tried before tbe Hon. Geo. H. Cbaig. This action was brought by B. E. Hall, against William H. Lavender, and was commenced on tbe 28th January, 1874. The complaint contained but a single count, which averred that, on tbe 18th October, 1872, the plaintiff leased a certain tract of land to one Carney Crenshaw, for and during the year 1873, for a stipulated rent, payable in cotton; that said Crenshaw failed to pay the rent, or to comply…
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Hale. Tried before tbe Hon. Geo. H. Cbaig. This action was brought by B. E. Hall, against William H. Lavender, and was commenced on tbe 28th January, 1874. The complaint contained but a single count, which averred that, on tbe 18th October, 1872, the plaintiff leased a certain tract of land to one Carney Crenshaw, for and during the year 1873, for a stipulated rent, payable in cotton; that said Crenshaw failed to pay the rent, or to comply with tbe stipulations of the contract on his part, and was and is insolvent; that the defendant, “well knowing the…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
Hall, by an agreement with one Carney Crenshaw, leased tillable land to the latter, in October, 1872, for and during the year 1873; for which Crenshaw was to pay, as rent, ten bales of cotton, unless he should put up a gin-house and screw on the premises, during that year; which if he should do, he was to pay for rent only eight bales of cotton for said year 1873. He was likewise to have the land for the like rent of eight bales a year, for three years more, if punctual in paying the rent. This agreement was reduced to writing, which set forth, in the beginning of it, the contract for the…
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