Metropolitan Investment Co. v. City of Milwaukee

The following opinion was filed December 11, 1923:

Doerfler, J.

The parties having created the relationship of landlord and tenant by their written lease, their rights and liabilities must be determined from the express provisions contained therein, as it is not within the province of a court to create or establish terms or conditions contravening the solemn stipulations, covenants, and agreements of the parties.

The leasing of the premises in question, under the terms and conditions of the lease, was largely an experiment on the part of the city to ascertain whether the property was suitable…