Heywood v. Heywood
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions from Nisi Prius, Rice, J., presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, in which the plaintiff claimed an amount due on an account annexed; also rent under a lease of a farm occupied by the defendant.
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On Exceptions from Nisi Prius, Rice, J., presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, in which the plaintiff claimed an amount due on an account annexed; also rent under a lease of a farm occupied by the defendant. The lease is dated December 11th, 1811, writ dated March 15th, 1853. The payment of rent, provided by the lease, is as follows, viz.: — “And the said Zimri, on his part, agrees to pay annually to the said Anna W., for the use and rent of said premises, the sum of forty dollars, together with two lambs and two good fleeces of wool, per annum, and to pay all the taxes assessed on said…
1Opinion of the CourtTenney, J.
This action is for the recovery of the arrears of rent, claimed to be due under a lease, in which is the following: “ And the said Zimri, on his part, agrees to pay annually to the said Anna W., for the use and rent of the premises, the sum of $40, together with two lambs and two good fleeces of wool, per annum, &e., the payment of said sum of $40 to be made after the following manner, to wit: ten bushels of corn at 75 cents per bushel, eight bushels of wheat at 81 per bushel, twenty-five bushels of potatoes at 1 shilling per bushel, and two tons of hay at $5 per ton; the balance in cash, or…
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