Sanford v. Harvey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumpsit for the rent of a house in Thatcher Court, Boston, from the 16th February to 16th April, 1850. It was submitted to the jury on an agreed statement of the evidence, which, so far as material, was as follows: Archibald Little, on the 15th of October, 1849, hired, by paroi, of the plaintiff, a house for one year, the rent to be payable monthly, in advance, on the fifteenth of each month.
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Assumpsit for the rent of a house in Thatcher Court, Boston, from the 16th February to 16th April, 1850. It was submitted to the jury on an agreed statement of the evidence, which, so far as material, was as follows: Archibald Little, on the 15th of October, 1849, hired, by paroi, of the plaintiff, a house for one year, the rent to be payable monthly, in advance, on the fifteenth of each month. The defendants, on the 14th November, 1849, guaranteed to the plaintiff, by a written guaranty, the payment of the monthly rent during the year. January 2d, 1850, Little vacated the premises, and left…
1Opinion of the CourtBigelow, J.
From the facts agreed, and the special verdict in this case, it appears that che defendants were sureties for one Archibald Little, by a written agreement for the rent of a house in Thatcher Court; that said Little occupied said house under a paroi lease, commencing October 15th, 1849, the rent being at first payable monthly in advance, but subsequently, upon the giving of the said written guaranty by the defendants, payable at the expiration of each month; *95that said Little vacated said house on the 2d of January, 1850; that on the fifth day of said January, he gave the plaintiff written…
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