Bogk v. Gassert
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF MONTANA. This was an action at law instituted by Henry Gassert, Jacob Eeding and James H. Steele, as plaintiffs, against Gusta vus Bogk, as defendant, upon a lease of certain premises in the city of Butte, and also certain mining claims in Silver Bow County, wherein plaintiffs prayed judgment against defendant for the restitution of the premises, and for damages for the detention thereof at the rate of $500 per month.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF MONTANA. This was an action at law instituted by Henry Gassert, Jacob Eeding and James H. Steele, as plaintiffs, against Gusta vus Bogk, as defendant, upon a lease of certain premises in the city of Butte, and also certain mining claims in Silver Bow County, wherein plaintiffs prayed judgment against defendant for the restitution of the premises, and for damages for the detention thereof at the rate of $500 per month. The facts of the case were substantially as follows: Gustavus Bogk, the -defendant below, was the owner of a lot of ground in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The action in this case was upon the lease of a city lot and certain mining claims, and a judgment was demanded for the restitution of the premises, and for damages for detention. The answer set forth in substance that the lease was one of a series of contemporaneous agreements, consisting of two deeds, an agreement to reconvey and a lease; that the deeds were intended as a mortgage; and that the rental of $450 named in the lease was the amount which it was understood would be necessary to pay the taxes upon the property, and-the annual assessment work upon the mining claims, and that upon…
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