Williams v. Shelden

Plaintiffs sued defendants, who make up the firm of Allan Shelden & Co., of Detroit, for breach of an agreement to repair the roof of a tenement rented for business purposes in Wyandotte, Wayne county.

Plaintiffs claimed and introduced testimony to show that they occupied the premises under a former owner, who had mortgaged them to Allan Shelden for the benefit of defendants ; and that in the early part of 1883, when the mortgage had been foreclosed, they were visited by one Leal, who claimed to be defendants’ agent, with whom they made an agreement to lease, provided defendants would repair…