Holden v. Tanner

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slidell, J.

Tanner is sued as the security of Jordan, iú a contract of lease of the following tenor: “Article of agreement entered into and concluded this day, between B. F. Holden of the first part, and W. R. Jordan of the second, &c., witnesseth, that the said B. F. Holden agrees to let or rent to the said W. R. Jordan the lower or basement part of the building now in contemplation of erection on the corner of Front and St. Louis streets, consisting of two rooms, with a separate or small room on the south end of each for a counting room, the corner…