Wilson v. Bishop

Dibell, J

Action by the lessee to reform a lease. The court refused to decree a reformation and. gave the defendant lessor judgment for rent. The plaintiff appeals.

On 'September 23, • 1924, the plaintiff entered -into a written lease of an upper duplex in St. Paul from October 1, 1924, until September 30, 1925. The property was owned 'by the defendant Mary A. Bishop and the defendant Knox Beeves was her agent. It was described in the lease as “upstairs duplex, together with all the appurtenances thereof,” at a designated street number.

It was the purpose of the defendant to move his family into…