Young v. Collett
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Yan Burén. (Mills, J.) Assumpsit. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The addition of their official title could not relieve defendants of legal obligation under the lease: Tilden v. Barnard, 43 Mich. 376; DeBian v. Gola, 24 Am. Law Reg. 781, and note. Even if plaintiff had supposed he was contracting with a corporation, when none in fact existed, defendants are liable: 1 Pars.
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Error to Yan Burén. (Mills, J.) Assumpsit. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The addition of their official title could not relieve defendants of legal obligation under the lease: Tilden v. Barnard, 43 Mich. 376; DeBian v. Gola, 24 Am. Law Reg. 781, and note. Even if plaintiff had supposed he was contracting with a corporation, when none in fact existed, defendants are liable: 1 Pars. Cont. 65; Woodbury v. Blair, 18 Iowa, 572; Hurt v. Salisbury, 55 Mo. 310; Blakely v. Bennecke, 59 Id. 193; Heath v. Goslin, 80 Id. 310; Glenn v. Bergmann, 20 Mo. App. 343. No warranty…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
This suit was brought by the plaintiff to recover the sum of $75 alleged to be due him as accrued and unpaid rent under a lease dated August 31, 1883, for the use of the upper story of a building in Hartford. The first paragraph of the lease reads as follows:
“ It is hereby agreed between Charles F. Young, of Paw Paw, Yan Burén county, State of Michigan, party of the first part, and George F. Collett, Allen Olds, and C. J. Leach, trustees of Charter Oak Lodge, No. 231, I. O. O. F., or their successors in office, parties of the second part,” etc.
The lease bore the signatures of all the parties…
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