Bellew v. Williams

Citations

• 109 Miss. 74
• 67 So. 849

Syllabus

<p>Contracts. Illegality. Effect. Parties in Dari delicto.</p> <p>Where the parties to a logging contract provided for a measurement in violation of Code 1906, section 5072, which provides a standard rule of measurement for saw-logs and square timber and makes the use of any other measurement unlawful, and the contract as entered into has been fully performed, the courts will not interfere for the relief of either party, but will leave both in their respective conditions, as in such case both are in pari delicto.</p>