Amsden v. Floyd
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit with count for us© and occupation. Trial by jury, May Term, 1887, Walker, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff to recover $1090.43. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show, and was uncontra-dicted', that he leased the premises to the defendants for the storage of a large quantity of machinery. The attorney of the defendants admitted that they should pay $45 per month to the commencement of the suit.
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Assumpsit with count for us© and occupation. Trial by jury, May Term, 1887, Walker, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff to recover $1090.43. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show, and was uncontra-dicted', that he leased the premises to the defendants for the storage of a large quantity of machinery. The attorney of the defendants admitted that they should pay $45 per month to the commencement of the suit. The only question in dispute submitted to the jury, was whether after March 31, 1886, the rent should be increased to $60 per month. There was no evidence before the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Taft, J.
Some questions of evidence are presented by the
brief for the defendants. We do not consider, any question of that kind open, as they relate to the subject of notices to the defendants of an increase of rent, although they are stated in the exceptions, for they are accompanied by the statement that “it appeared * * * that in March, 1886, plaintiff notified the defendants, and said Harlow, that if they occupied said premises after April 1, 1886, they must pay therefor a monthly rent of sixty dollars.” Although these evidentiary questions are…
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