Legal Opinion
Brooks v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided June 23, 1954PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, Commissioner.
Dr. J. H. Brooks appeals from a judgment against him in the sum of $9,000, rendered in favor of Ida A. Smith as dam- , ages for breach of contract. The question which determines our disposition of this appeal is whether or not a written instrument, agreed to and signed by the parties, constitutes a valid and enforceable contract.
The alleged contract reads in pertinent part as follows:.
“ 'This indenture, made this 17th%ay of November, 1950, between Ida A.' Smith1 of Pineville, Kentucky, hereinafter referred to as the lessor of the first part and Dr. J. H. Brooks, doing…
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