Enterprise Co. v. Neely

On September 30, 1916, the Enterprise Company, plaintiff in error, as the first party, and Erastus and Grover Neely, defendants in error, as the second parties, entered into a written contract, whereby it was agreed that the Neelys would cultivate and gather a crop of cotton to be grown in 1917 on 80 acres of land owned by the company. The material provisions of the contract, as pertinent to this appeal, are as. follows: The Neelys agreed to farm and cultivate the land in a thorough and farmer-like manner and as frequently as needed, to keep the irrigation ditches and borders in proper…