Hovey v. Walker

March 26, 1884, one Willis J. Fitch, then the husband of plaintiff, leased a foundry and machine-shop owned by him, and known as the “Fenton Iron-Works,” to the defendant for one year from the 1st day of April, 1884, with the option of another year. The rental was $2,000 per year. Fitch and the plaintiff were at the time having domestic troubles, which after-wards ended in a divorce, and plaintiff married again. Soon after executing this lease Fitch went away, and before leaving conveyed his interest in the premises to his wife, the plaintiff, by deed. The deed stated that its intention was…