Taylor v. Bradley
New York Court of Appeals
Lewis 0. Taylor sued Henry M. Bradley, in the supreme court, for breach of a special contract, by which defendant agreed to let to plaintiff for three years from a future day, a farm of one hundred and eighty-six acres; each party to furnish half the tools, &c., and pay half the taxes, and the lessee, or farmer, to have certain family supplies from the products of the farm, after which all products were to be divided equally.
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Lewis 0. Taylor sued Henry M. Bradley, in the supreme court, for breach of a special contract, by which defendant agreed to let to plaintiff for three years from a future day, a farm of one hundred and eighty-six acres; each party to furnish half the tools, &c., and pay half the taxes, and the lessee, or farmer, to have certain family supplies from the products of the farm, after which all products were to be divided equally. Before the commencement of the term, the defendant, who was not in fact the owner of the farm, but only a purchaser having a contract for its conveyance, assigned his…
1Opinion of the CourtGrover, J.
The case shows that at the time of making the contract by the parties, for the breach of which the action was brought, the defendant held a contract for the purchase of the farm in question from the owners in fee; that, before the time for the entering upon the performance of the contract between these parties, the defendant sold said contract to one Ingraham, and that the owner of the fee conveyed such farm, in pursuance thereof, to Ingraham. This shows that the defendant had such an interest in the farm, as would have enabled him to perform his contract, had he chosen to do so. Then it…
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