Kershaw v. Kelsey

The defendant, a citizen of Massachusetts, in February 1864, in Mississippi, took from the plaintiff, then and ever since a citizen and resident of Mississippi, a lease for one year of a cotton plantation in that state, and therein agreed to pay a rent of ten thousand dollars, half in cash, and half “ out of the first part of the cotton crop, which is to be fitted for market in reasonable time.” The lessor also agreed to deliver, and the lessee to receive and pay the value of, the corn then on the plantation. It does not appear whether the defendant went into Mississippi before or after the…