Bradley v. Metropolitan Music Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin, county to recover possession of a building erected by plaintiffs under a contract with defendant Metropolitan Music Company; to recover the value of the use and occupancy thereof; and $1,500 damages for its detention.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin, county to recover possession of a building erected by plaintiffs under a contract with defendant Metropolitan Music Company; to recover the value of the use and occupancy thereof; and $1,500 damages for its detention. Defendant, answering, alleged its lawful possession and a continuing contract for a lease;, admitted its liability for'' $3,490.35 rent; and set up a counterclaim for $4,000 damages for failure of plaintiff to perform the conditions of the building contract. The case was tried before Pond, J., who found, as conclusions of law, that…
1Opinion of the CourtRewis, J.
On December 15, 1899, appellants and respondent Metropolitan Music Company entered into a written contract whereby it was agreed that appellants should erect a substantial building upon certain premises in Minneapolis in accordance with plans and specifications then being prepared, by an architect, and should lease the same to respondent for the period of ten years from May 1, 1900. The contract provided that the rental value should be based upon the cost of the building, which was assumed to be $13,000. Certain changes were provided for in case the cost should exceed or be less than that…
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