Legal Opinion

Read v. Tuttle

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided February 15, 1868PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Ejectment, tried in the Superior Court in New Haven county, on the general issue closed to the court, before Phelps, J; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiif and motion for a new trial by the defendant. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.

We do not decide whether there was a forfeiture of the lease in consequence of the non-payment of rent, for we think the case of Bowman v. Foot, 29 Conn., 331, determines the case in favor of the defendant, even if there was a forfeiture. The lease in that case was in all essential particulars like the one in question. It provided that in case the lessee should neglect to pay the rent when due, the lease should thereupon expire and terminate, and the lessor should have the right at any time thereafter to re-enter the premises, and the same have and possess as of his former estate. The court…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bowman v. FootSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Kovner v. DubinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
  2. Baxter v. HeimannMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
  3. Hamre v. Michael Etzel & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
  4. MacHa v. Eastern Conn. Training Sch. for FiremenConnecticut Superior Court · 1962
  5. Macha v. Eastern Connecticut Training School for Firemen, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1962

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