Swift & Co. v. New Durham Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for 250 cords of slabs, butts, and edgings claimed by the plaintiffs as rent of a saw-mill. Facts found by a referee.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
July 1, 1879, McDuffee leased to the plaintiffs, by an instrument under se'al, at an annual rent of $250 for the term of five years, the acid building, saw-mill, and a tenement-house at the Powder Mills in New Durham, and the plaintiffs leased the saw-mill to Holten for the same term by a lease under seal, reserving as an annual rent the sum of one dollar and all slabs and butts which might be made at the mill after July 1, 1880. September 7, 1882, McDuffee conveyed to the defendants all the real estate owned by Mm in New Durham, including the leased premises subject to the lease, and the…
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