Gelston v. Sigmund

This being an appeal from orders of the Circuit Court granting injunctions, it must be determined upon the allegations of the bill.

These are substantially that the appellee, on the 28th day of April, 1864, rented from Hugh Gelston, one of the appellants, two pieces of property in the city of Baltimore, fronting on Baltimore and Charles streets, for the term of one year from the 1st day of July, 1864, at the rate of $135 per month, by an agreement which is alleged to be in writing under seal, but is not produced or exhibited with the bill.

That the lease was renewed by a written memorandum, not…