Beals v. Providence Rubber Company

The plaintiffs, as lessors, sue the defendant, as lessee, in actions of covenant upon covenants in their respective leases. The declarations set forth the covenants as covenants “ to pay the taxes of every name and kind that should be assessed on the premises at any time during the said term,” &c. The breach alleged is a neglect of the lessee to pay a certain assessment on the plaintiffs for benefit to them in respect of the real estate demised, — the assessments being made under an act, passed in January, 1854, entitled “ An act in relation to the laying out, enlarging, straightening, or…