Canavan v. Gray

JOn the 19th day of August, 1875, James Canavan, who was then the husband of the plaintiff, was the lessee and in the possession of the fifty-vara lot on the southeast corner of Third and Brannan Streets, in San Francisco, and was the owner of all the frame buildings thereon; and on that day he assigned said lease and sold said buildings to the defendant, H. W. Gray. On the same day he signed and delivered to said Gray an instrument in writing, of which the following is a copy: “ This is to certify that I have rented four rooms, upper story, southeast corner Third and Brannan Streets, at…