Ritzler v. Raether

Raether was the tenant of Ryder, the owner of the land. He sub-let a portion of the premises to one Kohlhepp, who assigned his sub-lease to the plaintiffs. There is a conflict in the testimony as to whether Raether consented to the assignment by Kohlhepp to the plaintiffs, but the justice found, and I think correctly, that he did consent in the course of a day or two after the plaintiffs had entered into possession of the premises which they acquired by the assignment made to them by Kohlhepp; Raether went to his landlord, Ryder, surrendered his lease to him, and Ryder, accepting the…