Forbes v. Gorman
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Murphy, J. Bill by Jeanette Fisher Forbes against John J. Gor-. man and Walker & Company for an accounting. From a decree for complainant, defendant Gorman appeals.
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Appeal from Wayne; Murphy, J. Bill by Jeanette Fisher Forbes against John J. Gor-. man and Walker & Company for an accounting. From a decree for complainant, defendant Gorman appeals. The bill in this case alleges that complainant was the owner of a building in Detroit, known as the “Fisher Building,” situated at the corner of Lafayette and Michigan avenues; that on June 30, 1902, she leased to one Leon Higer the first floor and basement of said building for five years, “ to be occupied for the sale of clothing, gents’ furnishing goods, hats, caps, boots, and shoes, and such articles as are…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). 1. It is agreed by counsel for both parties that the “privilege ’’mentioned in the lease to Higer was a mere license. Counsel for the defendants, in opening their case to the court below, stated their position to be that the privilege granted to erect a sign or signs “ was not a part of the lease or subletting or anything else, but that its erection was sanctioned by Mrs. *294Forbes through her agent, and that she is therefore es-topped to complain.” Walker & Co. is a corporation organized for carrying on an advertising agency. The sign has no connection with the…
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