Musser v. Brink

The petition in this case is as follows: Plaintiff states that on or about the 13th day of March, 1874, he entered into a written contract with the defendant, renting to him, the said defendant, a farm, the property of the plaintiff, situated in the township of Mirabile, in the county of Caldwell, and State of Missouri, from the 1st day of March, 1874, for the term of three years, immediately following the said date last aforesaid; that the defendant thereupon took the immediate possession of said land under said contract; that there was a provision in said contract in words as follows,…