Cross v. Button
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR TO MllfWATJKEE COUNTY COURT. .This was an action of covenant' brought by the defendant in error as assignee of the lessees, against the plaintiffs in error as assignees of the lessor, upon covenants contained in a demise or lease of certain premises in the city of Milwaukee, known as the “ United States Hotel,” which was afterwards destroyed by fire.
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ERROR TO MllfWATJKEE COUNTY COURT. .This was an action of covenant' brought by the defendant in error as assignee of the lessees, against the plaintiffs in error as assignees of the lessor, upon covenants contained in a demise or lease of certain premises in the city of Milwaukee, known as the “ United States Hotel,” which was afterwards destroyed by fire. The defendants below demurred to the declaration of the plaintiff below, which was overruled by the court, and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, to reverse which this writ of error was sued out. In order to present the questions raised…
1Opinion of the Court
By the -Cowrt,
Smith, J.
This was an action of covenant brought by the defendant in error, in the Milwaukee Circuit Court, as assignee of the lessees, against the plaintiffs in error as the assignees of-the lessor, upon covenants contained in a demise of certain premises known as the “ United States Hotel,” in the ■city of Milwaukee, afterwards destroyed by fire. Judgment in' the court below was rendered upon demurrer to the declaration ; and the main -question presented by the pleadings, and discussed in the argument at bar, is, whether the lessor or his assigns was bound t-o refund the whole…
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