Macarty v. Lepaullard

The defendants are appellants from a judgment of the City Court, dispossessing them of property alleged to have been leased by them of the plaintiff, on account of their non-co.mpliance with the conditions of the lease.

On the trial, the defendants opposed the reading of a copy of a lease, because there appeared to have been changes made, which are indicated in the margin, but which marginal notes had not been signed, or paraphed by the parlies. A bill of exceptions was taken.

The court, in our opinion, erred. Until all the parties had approved the proposed change in the contract, it was not…