Kiersted v. Orange & Alexandria Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, from order of general term affirming judgment recovered on the report of a referee (For full statement of foots see case reported in 54 How., page 29).
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
By the lease from the plaintiffs to David O. Smith, executed on the 1st day of ¡November, 1860, the latter became vested with a term in the demised premises commencing on that day and terminating May 1, 1863. The lease was signed and sealed by the plaintiffs and by Smith in bis individual capacity, and although it recited that Smith was agent of the Virginia and Tennessee route it did not purport to he executed for or in behalf of the defendants. The covenants of the lessee in the lease were his and not those *52of the corporations Which composed the lines of railroad for which he was agent.…
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