Basserman v. Society of Trinity Church

The petitioner in this case is a tenant of ■ the respondents, in possession of a lot of land belonging to them lying in the city of New Haven, the situation of which lot is particularly described in the petitioner’s bill. The lease under which the petitioner holds was made and executed in 1847, Messrs. David and Allen A. Smith being the original lessees. On the 4th of February, 1861, they assigned to the petitioner all their rights under said lease, and he was accepted by the respondents as lessee from that date ; both the parties thereafter to be subject to the stipulations of said lease.…