Connolly v. Rogers

This is an action of contract to recover $3,500 alleged to be due as rent under a written lease. The case was submitted on an agreed statement of facts, and no question as to the form of pleading was raised. The plaintiff requested the judge to rule (1) “That upon the admitted facts and inferences to be drawn therefrom the plaintiff is entitled to recover”; and (2) “That under the extension of the lease the defendant, Jennie W. Rogers, remained bound by all the covenants of the lease and the extension thereof.” The judge denied these requests, and ruled that the plaintiff was not entitled to…