Springer v. Cooper

George J. Gillham of Memphis, Tennessee leased a tract of land situate in Madison county, Illinois, to David Morgan and Austin Jones by lease, which expired on-the last day of December, 1881. On the 4th day of October, 1881, Thomas G. Springer, one of the appellants, mailed a letter to Gillham at Memphis, proposing on behalf of himself and said J ones, to rent the land for a term of years, Jones to take the north half and he the south half, all of the land that could be cultivated to be put in cultivation, and five dollars per acre to be paid, etc. This letter was answered through the mail by…