Armstrong v. Union Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On August 5, 1913, the Union Trust Company, as trustee for A. D. Cohn, brought suit in the Pulaski Circuit Court against W. F. Armstrong, doing business under the firm name of Armstrong Shoe Company. We shall hereafter designate the Union Trust Company, appellee, as lessor, and W. F. Armstrong (the Armstrong Shoe Company), appellant, as the lessee.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On August 5, 1913, the Union Trust Company, as trustee for A. D. Cohn, brought suit in the Pulaski Circuit Court against W. F. Armstrong, doing business under the firm name of Armstrong Shoe Company. We shall hereafter designate the Union Trust Company, appellee, as lessor, and W. F. Armstrong (the Armstrong Shoe Company), appellant, as the lessee. The lessor alleged that it rented a certain store room in the city of Little Rock to the lessee for a term of five years from April 15, 1912, at the rate of…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). So far as appel-' lant is concerned, this suit must be treated as an effort on his part to cancel a written lease, which he sets out in his complaint, and to escape its obligations by showing that at the time the lease was entered into and as a consideration which induced appellant to enter into the contract appellee made certain verbal agreements, not expressed in the contract, to the effect that it' would not rent other stpre rooms in the same building below certain prices, and would not permit them to be used for immoral purposes, which verbal agreements…
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