Gazley v. Wayne

Citations

• 36 Tex. 689

Syllabus

<p>A landlord entered into a written rental contract with several freedmen, for the cultivation of a farm, for the year 1868, for which the freedmen were to receive one-half of the crops raised thereon. The contract provided that upon final settlement “ the parties were to take their separate “ shares in possession.” Held, that the contract was properly regarded as a contract with each, and each freedman was entitled to sue in his individual capacity for a breach of the same.</p>