Snodgrass v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby. Tried before the Hon. S. H. Sprott. This action was brought by H. O. [Reynolds against Frank E. King, and was commenced on the 31st July, 1878. The complaint, as amended, contained three counts, each of which claimed damages for an alleged breach of covenant or stipulations contained in a verbal lease of a tract of land, rented by plaintiff from defendant on the 8th May, 1878, for the remainder of the year; the consideration or agreed…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby. Tried before the Hon. S. H. Sprott. This action was brought by H. O. [Reynolds against Frank E. King, and was commenced on the 31st July, 1878. The complaint, as amended, contained three counts, each of which claimed damages for an alleged breach of covenant or stipulations contained in a verbal lease of a tract of land, rented by plaintiff from defendant on the 8th May, 1878, for the remainder of the year; the consideration or agreed price being $300, of which sum $250 was paid in cash, and the plaintiff gave his note for the remaining $50. The leased…
1Opinion of the Court
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j __qq{|^defendant requested the following instruction : • g^(^dd find for the plaintiff, and should believe fr-*' 1 ^ evidence! that |he defendant King was not guilty ofom ,. j 01, wrongful conduct in the matter, then you ^forthe plaintiff\he amount he paid for the lease, with ir1 nnu , • time ” Vhen referred to the evidence, mterest to this tune. v ’ *458the proposition of this charge is, that in an action by the lessee, for phe breach of an express term in the contract to put the lessee in possession, the ineasnre of damages, in the absence of fraud or wrongful conduct, is the…
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