Nicholson v. Hayes

James Nicholson and S. J. Tanner instituted this action in the circuit court against O. C. Hayes and Ida Bell to recover damages for the breach of a lease contract of two town, lots for the term of five years.

The defendants denied any breach of the contract on their part, and set up facts entitling them to a reformation of the contract. On their motion the case was transferred to the chancery court and tried there.

The record shows that, on the first day of January, 19'23, O. C. Hayes and Mrs. Ida Bell leased to James Nicholson and S. J. Tanner lots one and two, in block three, in the town of…