Devers v. May
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 48. — ACTION’S BY B. F. DEVERS AGAINST CHARLES B. MAY AND OTHERS, AND BY SAME PLAINTIFF AGAINST M. D. MARTIN AND OTHERS INVOLVING A RENT CONTRACT AND THE OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN EMBLEMENTS. Appeal from Harrison Circuit Court. L. P. Fryer., Circuit Judge'. From the judgments plaintiff appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES CITED. 1. On question as to measure of damages recoverable by Devers from Martin & Drane. (Smith v. Phillips, Jr., 16 Ky.
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CASE 48. — ACTION’S BY B. F. DEVERS AGAINST CHARLES B. MAY AND OTHERS, AND BY SAME PLAINTIFF AGAINST M. D. MARTIN AND OTHERS INVOLVING A RENT CONTRACT AND THE OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN EMBLEMENTS. Appeal from Harrison Circuit Court. L. P. Fryer., Circuit Judge'. From the judgments plaintiff appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES CITED. 1. On question as to measure of damages recoverable by Devers from Martin & Drane. (Smith v. Phillips, Jr., 16 Ky. Daw Rep., 615; Wells v. Nat’l Life Ass’n Hartford, 53 L. R. A., 98 99 100, 103; Sutherland on Damages, 3rd Ed., sections 863, 864, 865; Page on Contracts,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
John D. Carroll, Commissioner
Affirming in first case and reversing in the second.
These two eases growing ont of the same transaction will he disposed of together. Martin and Drain owned the life estate of J. O. May in a tract of land containing about 120 acres. On September 2, 1903, they entered into the following contract with thte .appellant, Devers: “M. D. Martin hath this day rented or- leased to B. F. Devers the farm known as *390the May farm, adjoining W. A. Webber, containing 120 acres of land, for the term of one year, that is, from the first day of March, 1904, to…
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