City of Michigan City v. Leeds

Appellant’s common council, by resolution, authorized its mayor to contract with appellee for the rental of four rooms on the second floor of a certain building, at not to exceed $20 per month, for city office use. On June 15, 1895, the mayor leased in writing from appellee, for the city, rooms two, four, five, and eleven, at the place designated by the resolution, for ten years, at $20 per month, payable quarterly, commencing July 1, 1895, the lease to end in case the city erected a building of its own. The lease was not reported to the council, nor entered on the *272city records, but was filed…