Wolf v. Mitchell, Craig & Co.

In December, 1867, the plaintiff sued upon an alleged verbal contract of lease entered into between himself, through his agent J. A. Blaffer, and the commercial firm of Mitchell, Craig & Co., *434on the eighth of June, 1867, of two stores on Canal street, for five years, commencing on the first of August, 1867, and ending on the thirty-first of July, 1872, for the price of $9000 for the first year,. $10,000 for the second year, and $12,000 each for the successive years, payable in monthly installments at the end of each month.

The defendants pleaded the general issue, and alleged “that they did…