Adams v. Shirk
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Northern Division of tbe Northern District of Illinois. This action was brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiff in error, as assignee of a ground lease, to recover rent which accrued after the defendant had assigned to another.
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In Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Northern Division of tbe Northern District of Illinois. This action was brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiff in error, as assignee of a ground lease, to recover rent which accrued after the defendant had assigned to another. One of the defenses insisted upon was that the assignee of a leasehold, “coming in only by privity of estate, and not by privity of contract, remains liable for the rent only so long as he remains owner of the term.” The principal facts are these: The property, situated on the northeast corner…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.,
But few of the numerous specifications of error insisted upon present any question. The first, second, third, fifth, and seventh allege error in the admission or exclusion of evidence, but do not, as required by rule 11 (31 C. C. A. cxlvi., 90 Fed. cxlvi.), quote the substance of the evidence admitted or rejected. The iourth conforms to the rule in that respect, but the evidence referred to was of so little importance that a ruling one way or the other upon the motion to strike it out could not have been a…
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