Legal Opinion
Swift v. Sheehy
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri
Decided June 27, 1898No. 2,256PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILIPS, District Judge.
This is a bill in equity to enforce a lien upon certain i:eal estate for the value of improvements placed thereon by complainants, as lessees, under a contract of lease with the defendant, as lessor. The lease ran for 10 years, expiring on the 1st day of April, 1898. The lease contained the following provision:
“At the expiration of said period of ten years for which this leas.; is made, the buildings and improvements placed on said lots by said lessees or their assigns shall be appraised by three disinterested parties, of whom each party to this lease shall select one,…
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