Koch v. H. & S. DEVELOPMENT CO.

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• stating lessee entitled to relief when the failure to give notice results not from the lessee's own ignorance or negligence but from accident, fraud, surprise or mistake
• equity will not relieve against forgetfulness and will never intervene where fraud, accident or mistake has not caused the failure to exercise an option
• equity will not relieve against forgetfulness and will never intervene where fraud, accident or mistake has not caused the failure to exercise an option
• “Provided it is not illegal or against public policy, persons have and should have the right to contract with reference to their property, their interests therein, and the use thereof with other persons, and to rely upon the terms and conditions of the contract mutually agreed upon.”
• “Provided it is not illegal or against public policy, persons have and should have the right to contract with reference to their property, their interests therein, and the use thereof with other persons, and to rely upon the terms and conditions of the contract mutually agreed upon.”

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