Pearson v. Carson

This action was on the following contract: “J.W. Carson has rented of R.W. Pearson 160 acres of pasture land, on the Pearson farm, for the sum of $95 — one-half to be paid on the 15th day of August, 1875, the balance to be paid on the 1st day of November, 1875. Said Pearson acknowledges the receipt of $10 on the payment.

(Signed) J. W. C'arson,

R. W. Pearson.”

As a defense to this action, which was for the last installment, which had not been paid, the defendant proposed to prove that he was the owner of a lot of Texas *551cattle, aud rented this pasture to feed them during the grazing season; that…