Zimmerman v. Harding
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM'THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PORTO RICO. The case in substance is this: ■ The appellee, Harding, undertook to obtain a lease from the owner of a hotel property situated in a suburb of San Juan, Porto Rico, and an option of purchase.
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APPEALS FROM'THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PORTO RICO. The case in substance is this: ■ The appellee, Harding, undertook to obtain a lease from the owner of a hotel property situated in a suburb of San Juan, Porto Rico, and an option of purchase. The parties agreed upon the rental, term of the lease and upon an option of purchase during the term of the lease, but the owners required Harding to associate himself with another person, as co-lessee, satisfactory to them.. After some negotiations Harding arranged with the appellant, Mrs. Zimmerman, to join him in the lease and option…
1Opinion of the Court
■Mb. Justice Lukton,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
We agree with the court below that although there was no express stipulation as to the duration of'thé partnership agreement, it was by implication to continue during the term of the lease of the hotel property. The term had,, therefore, not expired when on August 9, 1911, Mrs. Zimmerman, of her own motion, declared it at an end. Her right to withdraw or terminate the agreement at her own will, the agreement being for the term of the lease, depends primarily upon the law of Porto Rico, rather than the…
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