Golding v. Brennan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for rent of the first floor and basement of a building on High Street in Boston, and for power and steam heat .furnished, according to the terms of a written lease under seal, with a second count upon an account annexed. Writ dated July 5, 1900. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Richardson, J. without a jury.
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Contract for rent of the first floor and basement of a building on High Street in Boston, and for power and steam heat .furnished, according to the terms of a written lease under seal, with a second count upon an account annexed. Writ dated July 5, 1900. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Richardson, J. without a jury. During the course of the trial the plaintiffs offered in evidence the lease, a copy of which was annexed to the plaintiffs’ declaration, and against the objection of the defendants it was admitted. At the close of the evidence the defendants asked the judge to…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The plaintiffs’ action is for rent, and also for “ incandescent electric lights, steam heating, horse power and water ” furnished by them to the defendants, according to the terms of a written lease, purporting to be made and entered into January 1, 1898, between “ Golding and Company ” and “Miles F. Brennan & Company.” If the plaintiffs are entitled to recover, the amount does not seem to be disputed.
The stipulations as to steam heat, incandescent electric light and “power for elevator” were not within the terms of the original lease but in an independent clause written below the signatures…
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