Van Rensselaer v. Dennison
New York Supreme Court
This was an action of covenant, tried before Justice Parker, at the Rensselaer circuit in April, 1848. The suit was brought to recover arrears of rent due on a perpetual lease executed on the 4th day of November, 1789, by Stephen Van Rensselaer, deceased, to Jacob Van Iveren and Gysbert Van Iveren.
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This was an action of covenant, tried before Justice Parker, at the Rensselaer circuit in April, 1848. The suit was brought to recover arrears of rent due on a perpetual lease executed on the 4th day of November, 1789, by Stephen Van Rensselaer, deceased, to Jacob Van Iveren and Gysbert Van Iveren. The defendant became the owner of the lease, by assignment, on 1st January, 1836, and the plaintiff succeeded to the interest of Stephen Van Rensselaer, by devise, on the 26th day of January, 1839. It was shown that the amount of rent and interest thereon, which had accrued in the lease since 1st…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Parker, X
The lessees covenanted for themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, to pay all taxes that might be thereafter taxed,, charged or assessed, to or upon the said thereby granted premises, or upon the said lessor, his heirs, &c. by any act of the legislature, &.c. for and in respect of the said premises. Under this covenant the plaintiff claims the defendant is liable to pay the tax in question. Though the amount is small, the question is important; inasmuch as it may be raised on a great number of other leases containing like covenants. It demands…
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