Morgan v. Andriot
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from a judgment of the First District Court awarding the plaintiff $15 damages, with costs. The defendant appealed. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Brady, J.
The defendant rented to the plain*432tiff the second floor of the premises 504 Broadway, and agreed that the plaintiff should have the use of the gas fixtures on that floor, for the purpose of burning gas to light the same. At the .time the lease was made, and at the time the agreement was made, assuming them to be independent of each other, the defendant was a married, woman, but doing business in her own name, as a feme sole, at 504 Broadway. The renting seems to have been the renewal of a hiring which had ended on the 1st of May 1857, and there is testimony tending to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Coon v. BrookNew York Supreme Court · 1856
- Yale v. DedererNew York Supreme Court · 1855
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