Charlet v. Teakle

The bill in this cause was filed to oh *428tain a decree for the specific performance of an agreement for a lease claimed to have been made by defendant with the plaintiff. The case was heard upon the pleadings and testimony taken in open court, and the learned circuit judge who heard the case filed a written opinion therein. In the absence of a proper statement of the facts of the case by counsel, we here insert the said opinion, to wit:

“In this case the complainant, being a saloon keeper, went into possession of certain property upon Grand River avenue as a tenant of the West Side Brewery…