Schroeder v. Gemeinder
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. Contracts of this character have often been enforced by courts of equity where the bargain was a fair and reasonable one, untainted with fraud, and where tbe property bad not increased so greatly in value as to render it inequitable to enforce it.
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Appeal from tbe District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. Contracts of this character have often been enforced by courts of equity where the bargain was a fair and reasonable one, untainted with fraud, and where tbe property bad not increased so greatly in value as to render it inequitable to enforce it. It can hardly be claimed that tbis contract is not a fair one, or that the property bas so greatly enhanced in value as to preclude tbe enforcement of the covenant in a court of equity. The privilege to purchase contained in leases…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Hawley, C. J.:
On the 6th day of March, 1871, respondent leased to appellants “all that certain brick building numbered one hundred and thirty-six South C street, in the city of Yirginia, and State of Nevada, said building being forty-four feet in depth westwardly, with the appurtenances, for the term of two years, with privilege of two more, from the first day of *360April, A. D. 1871, at tbe monthly rent or sum of fifty dollars.” It was agreed that the lessees might make any improvements upon said premises which they might choose, the same to be made at their own expense. The lessor…
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