Erskine v. Russell
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of the City and County of Denver. Hon. John I. Mullins, Judge. Action by Hiram C. Russell- against Oscar Erskine. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
delivered tlie opinion of the court:
Upon the first day of August, 1900, The Denver Union Stock Yards Company leased to “ Oscar Erskine, Trustee, ’ ’ certain property known as ‘£ The Hoffer Brick Slaughter-House” for the period of one year, at a rental of $35.00 per month. This lease was signed on the part of the lessee as follows: “Oscar Erskine, trustee.” It is alleged in. the com*451plaint that the word “trustee,’! appearing in the lease and in the signature thereto, is merely a descriptio personae; that the defendant and his sub-lessees continued to hold the property until the first day of…
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