Fritz v. Riggs
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Robert Tucker, Judge. Department 1. This is a suit in the nature of a cross-bill to declare canceled a lease from respondent to appellants, and to enjoin the respondent from proceeding in an action at law which had been begun by him to collect rent from the appellants upon such lease.
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From Multnomah: Robert Tucker, Judge. Department 1. This is a suit in the nature of a cross-bill to declare canceled a lease from respondent to appellants, and to enjoin the respondent from proceeding in an action at law which had been begun by him to collect rent from the appellants upon such lease. The lease was for a period of ten years and more, and would normally expire the fifteenth day of October, Í921. On or about the first day of May, 1915, appellants notified the respondent, the lessor, that the appellants the lessees, would, in thirty days from the date of said notice, vacate said…
1Opinion of the CourtMcBRIDE, C. J.
1. As will be observed from the foregoing statement, the right to terminate the lease was conditioned upon the happening of a particular contingency, namely: Such a change in the laws of Oregon, or the ordinances of the City of Portland, as should prevent the sale of liquor in the precinct where the leased premises were situated.
There was no change made in the laws of the state, or in the ordinances of the city, during the time for which defendant claimed the right to recover rent, and the sale of liquor in the precinct was not prohibited by law or ordinance. The plaintiffs asked for a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gaston v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Burgett v. LoebIndiana Court of Appeals · 1909
- Goodrum Tobacco Co. v. Potts-Thompson Liquor Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Lawrence v. WhiteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
- Burke v. San Francisco Breweries, Ltd.California Court of Appeal · 1913
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