Scudder v. Paulding

The plaintiff seeks to annul a lease for one year executed to him by the defendant, on the 1st of November, 1840, and claims damages to the amount of $6000, on two distinct grounds or allegations, to wit: 1st. That in the building rented by him, and known under the name .of the Planters’ Hotel, there are gas fixtures attached to it for the purpose of introducing gas to the bar room, and other parts of the house; that the use of these fixtures was one of the privileges transferred to him by the defendant; but that, on application repeatedly made to the Gas Light and Banking Company, they have…