Graham v. Stagg
New York Court of Chancery
This was an application to dissolve an injunction, on the coming in of the answer. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The complainant was sued at law upon the covenants, contained in a lease to him from Stagg, for the recovery of the rent of the demised premises. The only equity charged in the bill is that the complainant assigned the lease to one Houston, and that Stagg took from the latter a surrender of the lease, and thereby discharged the lessee from his covenants. The answer of the defendant denies all knowledge, information or belief that any such assignment was made, or that the defendant ever had any transactions whatever with Houston, or any other person, as to a surrender of the…
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