Halligan v. Frey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. A. J. House, Judge. Action to enjoin defendant from eommeneing an action or in any way interfering with plaintiff in tbe possession of certain premises in th'e city of Davenport, which, it is claimed, plaintiff leased of defendant in the year 1908 for the term of ten years, from and after the 1st day of July in said year.
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Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. A. J. House, Judge. Action to enjoin defendant from eommeneing an action or in any way interfering with plaintiff in tbe possession of certain premises in th'e city of Davenport, which, it is claimed, plaintiff leased of defendant in the year 1908 for the term of ten years, from and after the 1st day of July in said year. Defendant denied the execution of the lease; pleaded the statute of frauds, and also a breach of the conditions of the oral lease, under which plaintiff went into the possession of the property. He also pleaded a forfeiture of the…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Some time prior to July 1, 1908, defendant expended a considerable sum of money in remodeling a building owned by him, in the city of Davenport, and divided the first floor thereof into three rooms, the middle one of which was known as 212 West Fourth street-. Plaintiff was, at that time, engaged in the undertaking business, occupying a building on Harrison street, in said city, belonging to one Ficke. For this latter building he held a lease which expired on July 1, 1908. Some time before the expiration of this lease, defendant proposed to plaintiff that if he (plaintiff) would give up his…
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