Williamson v. Crossett
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Woodruff Circuit Court. Grant Green, Jr., Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In the year 1888, the appellants, Benj.
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Appeal from Woodruff Circuit Court. Grant Green, Jr., Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In the year 1888, the appellants, Benj. H. and Uouis S. Williamson, leased a farm in Mississippi to the appellees, W. A. Crossett and others, who were engaged in farming and mercantile business, under the firm name of W. A. Crossett & Co. The lease was for a term of five years, commencing with the year 1889, and the consideration therefor was an annual rental of $650, to be paid by appellees'in November of each year during the existence of the lease. W. S. Martin, one of the appellees, who was a member of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts). We need not discuss the instructions given by the learned judge to the jury in this case. In our opinion, he was justified in holding, as a matter of law, that'the letter of W. A. Crossett & Co. to Williamson was an offer to surrender the place for the year 1893. The appellees, by that letter, stated to Williamson, in substance, that they were unable to furnish hands and teams to work the place which they had rented from him for that year, and advised him that, as it was early in the season, he could, rent it out to some one else, and lose nothing. This…
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