Foster v. Reid
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Court. — Hon. George Carson, Judge. This action was commenced by M. L. Foster to recover rent due from ker tenant, G. W. Criner, and to enforce a landlord’s lien therefor.
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Appeal from Page District Court. — Hon. George Carson, Judge. This action was commenced by M. L. Foster to recover rent due from ker tenant, G. W. Criner, and to enforce a landlord’s lien therefor. Judgment by default was rendered in favor of plaintiff, and against Criner, on the thirteenth day of November, 1887. The property in question, to-wit, all corn on the leased premises, was seized under a writ of attachment in favor of plaintiff on the thirteenth day of October, 1887, and a special execution was issued to satisfy the judgment. On the nineteenth day of December, 1887, Reid and Gardner…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
Appellants were subtenants of Criner as to a portion of the premises leased to him for the year 1887. They knew that he held the premises under a lease from plaintiff, but claim to have been ignorant of its terms. That lease was for the term of four years from the first day of March, 1885, and provided that Criner should pay a rental of two hundred dollars on the first day of March of each year. It also provided that the premises leased should not be sublet, neither in whole nor in part, without the written consent of lessor, and that she should have a “lien for rent at any time remaining…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fejavary v. BroeschSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
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