Elerath Steel & Iron Co. v. Cornfoot

The facts in the case are somewhat complicated. We take the following matter from the statement in the brief of defendants. Originally William Cornfoot, one of the defendants doing business under the name of Albina Engine & Machine Works, entered into a lease with the Montgomery Estate Company, for a term of three years, from November 10, 1916, to November 10, 1919, consisting of the real property, first above described, not mentioning the streets. Cornfoot constructed several buildings and ways on this property extending over and covering some of the streets which he operated as a…