Johnson v. Sutton
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe chancery court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. G. Garland Lyell, Chancellor. Sutton, appellee, was complainant and cross-defendant in the court below; and Johnson, appellant, was defendant and cross-complainant there. From a decree in favor of Sutton, Johnson appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. The agreement between Sutton and Johnson was clearly unilateral and hence not binding upon either until performance by the other.
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From tbe chancery court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. G. Garland Lyell, Chancellor. Sutton, appellee, was complainant and cross-defendant in the court below; and Johnson, appellant, was defendant and cross-complainant there. From a decree in favor of Sutton, Johnson appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. The agreement between Sutton and Johnson was clearly unilateral and hence not binding upon either until performance by the other. Under the terms of the contract between Johnson and Suttom it was necessary for a sale to be made of. those particular…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
On March 15, 1905, appellant and appellee entered into the; following contract: “Madison, Miss., March 15, 1905., -This; agreement, made and entered into this day, by and between Joel E. Johnson, of Madison, Miss., as first party, and E. E. -Sutton,■of St Paul, Minn., as second party: The said parties herein-named having in contemplation the sale of certain timbered-lands lying along the Pearl river, owned by first party; and; others, being in the counties of Rankin, Hinds, Scott, Madison,- and -Leake, and the state of Mississippi, it is agreed'between the-*554parties hereto that first party…
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