Routon v. Rux

BROWN, Justice.

Appellee Rux alleged that he rented a certain tract of land from appellant Routon for farming purposes, and that Routon also *158agreed to furnish him twenty-five turkey hens and a sufficient number of gobblers and all feed, and coops,, and that Rux was to raise turkeys on the shares, on a one-half basis. That Routon breached such contract, and he sued for damages for his one-half of the lost profits. Rux also alleged that he was too poor to buy the turkeys and that this fact was well known to Routon.

Routon answered by a general demurrer and several special exceptions attacking…