White v. Berry
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Assumpsit for rent. Heard on petition of plaintiff for new trial, and petition denied.
1Opinion of the CourtTilliNGHAST, J.
This is an action of assumpsit, and is brought to recover the sum of $166.67, which the plaintiff claims to be due to him from the defendant for rent of tenement belonging to the plaintiff.
1) The material facts in the case are these: In March, 1896, the defendant hired of the plaintiff by parol the tenement in. question for the term of five years from April 15, 1896, at a-rental of $500 per annum, payable quarterly. In July next following, the plaintiff prepared a written lease of the tenement and took it to the defendant to sign; hut he objected to some of the provisions therein and refused…
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