Ashton v. Golden Gate Lumber Co.
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco. Action by Charles Ashton, trustee, against the Golden Gate Lumber Company, to recover rent. From a judgment for defendant and an order denying a motion for a new trial plaintiff appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNES, C.
Action to recover rent. Findings and judgment were for the defendant, a corporation, and plaintiff appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
The complaint set out an indenture of lease, executed by the parties hereto in January, 1892, whereby the plaintiff leased to the defendant a parcel of ground 275 feet by 137.6, being part of a fifty-vara block No. 99, in the city of San Francisco, for the term of fifteen years, at a specified rental, payable monthly, and alleged possession taken by defendant thereunder, which possession has been ever since…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Jeffers v. Easton, Eldridge & Co.California Supreme Court · 1896
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- Lamson v. ClarksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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