Adreon v. Hawkins
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Apícear from Baltimore County Court. Jissumpsit for the use and occupation of a house for three months. The ge-Heral issue was pleaded. On the trial the plaintiff^ (now ap-pellee,) gave in evidence the following contract, under seal, between him and a certain John Sands, for the letting of the premises in the declaration mentioned. “Agreement made between Wm. Hawkins and John Sand.s, this 2d day of April 1810. That the said Wm.
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Apícear from Baltimore County Court. Jissumpsit for the use and occupation of a house for three months. The ge-Heral issue was pleaded. On the trial the plaintiff^ (now ap-pellee,) gave in evidence the following contract, under seal, between him and a certain John Sands, for the letting of the premises in the declaration mentioned. “Agreement made between Wm. Hawkins and John Sand.s, this 2d day of April 1810. That the said Wm. Hawkins hath leased and rented to the said John Sands, ail that lot on South-street. with the buildings and improvements. No. 7, in which he now lives, for one year,…
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court. Tt appears by the statement of facts that the defendant in the court below, took a lease of the house in South street No. 7, from the plaintiff, for one year, on the same terms it had been by the plaintiff let to J. Sands, the former tenant — , the rent to be paid quarterly. At the tune of the contract between the plaintiff and the defendant, the latter had the possession, use and occupation of the house under Sands, which possession, use and occupation, was continued under the contract between the plaintiff and the defendant, and the defendant…
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