Blair v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The lease provides that the premises are demised and leased to the United States— “ from January 1,1911, to June 30,1911, inclusive, at a rental at the rate of sis thousand eight hundred dollars ($6,800) per annum, payable in equal monthly payments; it being understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the continued use and occupancy of the above specified premises by the party of the second part after the 1st day of July in any…
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The lease provides that the premises are demised and leased to the United States— “ from January 1,1911, to June 30,1911, inclusive, at a rental at the rate of sis thousand eight hundred dollars ($6,800) per annum, payable in equal monthly payments; it being understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the continued use and occupancy of the above specified premises by the party of the second part after the 1st day of July in any year, in the absence of notice of an intention to terminate the lease as hereinafter provided, shall operate as a renewal of…
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, Judge
This is a suit to recover rent for the period from February 1 to July 1, 1917, for the premises known as No. 1000 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, D. C., and occupied by the Department of Justice, as well as for damages to the same, ordinary wear and tear excepted, during' such occupancy.
The facts upon which this claim is founded are as follows: On the 29th day of December, 1910, the plaintiff, as the duly authorized agent of the owners of said premises, entered into a lease of the same to the United States, a copy of which lease is annexed to the petition and made a part of the same by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Semmes v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1878