Jones v. . Mial

The plaintiff and defendants, on May 30,1876, entered into an agreement, under the provisions of which the former undertook to begin, early in August, the publication of a weekly journal in the interest of the state grange, and to promote agricultural pursuits, and to prosecute the enterprise for one year thereafter. In aid of this effort and to insure success, the defendants contracted to procure fifteen hundred paying subscribers, at the rate of two dollars per annum, whereof one thousand were to be furnished by the 1st day of October following, and the rest of the number at the end of the…