Swift v. East Waterloo Hotel Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal Jrom BlaeT&hawk Circuit Court. This is an action by a lessee against bis lessor npon tbe covenants of tbe lease, to recover damages for alleged breaches thereof. The lease was made January 18, 1870, of a hotel building not then completed. The defendant, the lessor, covenanted to complete the building for occupancy as a hotel, on the first day of April following, and in case of injury to the premises by fire or the elements, to repair the same.
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Appeal Jrom BlaeT&hawk Circuit Court. This is an action by a lessee against bis lessor npon tbe covenants of tbe lease, to recover damages for alleged breaches thereof. The lease was made January 18, 1870, of a hotel building not then completed. The defendant, the lessor, covenanted to complete the building for occupancy as a hotel, on the first day of April following, and in case of injury to the premises by fire or the elements, to repair the same. The plaintiff agreed to lease the same and pay promptly, on penalty of forfeiture, the rent agreed. The plaintiff claims damages for an alleged…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
I. The exceptions taken and the points made during tbe progress of the trial, as shown by the abstract, 1. x,andloRd andtenaut: lease. were very numerous. The counsel for appellant , ^ „ have grouped and classified them under four heads: and this arrangement is accepted and followed by appellee’s counsel. In our brief disposition of the questions, we adopt the same order. The written contract of lease stipulated that the hotel company does let unto H. L. Swift their three-story brick hotel", embracing all of said building, except three stores, etc., and agrees to finish up the office and…
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