Wilson v. Riffle

PoefenbaegeR, Judge: .

On this writ of error to a judgment for the defendant in an action of unlawful detainer, there is submitted to the court, for interpretation, a very peculiar contract. It can hardly be said to be one of a species for it is doubtful whether another one like it exists.

Though relating to real estate and extending over a period of at least four years, the agreement was verbal. Being the *162owner of a tract of unimproved land, containing about forty-acres, the plaintiff, Wilson, entered into a contract with the defendant, Riffle, by which the latter agreed to clear a portion of…