Colburn v. Morrill
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for rent. Trial in the Superior Court before Lord, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions in substance as follows : The plaintiff offered evidence tending to show that on February 6, 1868, he leased orally to the defendant three rooms, in a certain building in Lawrence, consisting of a front room, bedroom, and kitchen, for $10 per month; that the defendant went into the occupancy of the rooms, and paid the rent in full each month as it accrued up to May 6, 1868; that…
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Contract for rent. Trial in the Superior Court before Lord, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions in substance as follows : The plaintiff offered evidence tending to show that on February 6, 1868, he leased orally to the defendant three rooms, in a certain building in Lawrence, consisting of a front room, bedroom, and kitchen, for $10 per month; that the defendant went into the occupancy of the rooms, and paid the rent in full each month as it accrued up to May 6, 1868; that the defendant remained in the occupancy of the rooms under the oral lease until October 6,1868, when he left, owing the…
1Opinion of the CourtEndicott, J.
The evidence of the plaintiff tended to prove that he made an oral lease of three rooms to the defendant for an entire rent. The defendant offered to prove that in addition to the three rooms he also hired an attic room. As the case is presented it is immaterial whether the attic room was included in the agreement, as both parties agree that the front room, from which the defendant says he was evicted, was part of the premises let to the defendant. There was evidence offered by the defendant from which the jury might have found that he was evicted from the front room, which was part of the…
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