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No. 1}           (K)

The Court instructs the jury.

That if the jury believe from the evidence that
the plaintiff rented the premises in question
from the defendant or her agent and that
said renting was for the term of three years
then the plaintiff cannot recover in this action unless said renting was evidenced by a contract or agreement (or memorandum or note thereof) in writing and signed by the defendant or her agent ~
Rejected by
W.H. Gains
No. 3} 
(L)
That if the jury believe from the evidence that the papers filed in the cause purported to be the bonds, or notes, of the plaintiff and others for the rent of the premises in question for the years 1867, 1868, and 1869, were delivered by the plaintiff or her agent or attorney without being duly stamped according to the laws of the United States in such case made and provided, and were thereafter redelivered by said defendant her attorney or agent, to said plaintiff his agent or attorney accompanied by a written repudiation upon the part of the defendant of any claim to said bonds or any interest therein and were received back by the plaintiff his agent or attorney still being unstamped, but were afterwards procured to be stamped by plaintiff in conformity with the requirements of said laws there in order to correct the defendant either directly or indirectly, and said bonds it is necessary for the plaintiff to show by evidence that said bonds after being so stamped were redelivered by said plaintiff to said defendant and accepted by her. 
Rejected By the Court. W.H. Gains.