Hood v. Hartshorn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against the administrator of the estate of Charles Paine, deceased, on the following covenant in a lease, dated February 20, 1862, by Paine to the plaintiff, of real estate in Worcester, (including two buildings erected by the plaintiff,) for five years from August 1,1862: “ It is agreed by and between the parties, that at the expiration of this lease the buildings which have been heretofore erected by the lessee on the premises shall be appraised by three…
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Contract against the administrator of the estate of Charles Paine, deceased, on the following covenant in a lease, dated February 20, 1862, by Paine to the plaintiff, of real estate in Worcester, (including two buildings erected by the plaintiff,) for five years from August 1,1862: “ It is agreed by and between the parties, that at the expiration of this lease the buildings which have been heretofore erected by the lessee on the premises shall be appraised by three disinterested men, one to be chosen by the lessor, one by the lessee, and á third by said two appraisers thus chosen; and said…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
The lease bears date February 20, 1862, and is for the term of five years from the first day of August then next. It contains the following clause, on which the rights of the parties in this action depend: “And it is agreed by and between the parties, that at the expiration of this lease the buildings which have been heretofore erected by the lessee on the premises shall be appraised by three disinterested men, one to be chosen by the lessor, one by the lessee, and the third by the two appraisers thus chosen ; and said Paine agrees to purchase said buildings of said Hood at the price so set…
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