Dixon v. Smith
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for usé and occupation of a certain dwelling house in Medford. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated March 27, 1899. On appeal to the Superior Court the case was tried before Hardy, J., without a jury. The judge refused certain rulings requested by the plaintiff and found for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The plaintiff on October 1, 1897, took a deed from one Martin of lands which included a house and lot then occupied by the defendant’s testator, under an arrangement with Martin by which the testator was to have the house and lot for a term ending June 30, 1898. The deed to the plaintiff contained a clause to the effect that the house and lot mentioned were conveyed subject to a lease to the testator for a term ending June 30, 1898, and that the lease remained the property of Martin. The testator died on January 20, 1898, and there was evidence that he had paid rent to Martin to the first day…
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