Lincoln Fireproof Warehouse Co. v. Greusel

The following opinion was filed March 5, 1929:

Doerfler, J.

Prior to the making of the voluntary assignment to the defendants, as trustees, for the benefit of creditors, the Home Wiring Company, as lessee under the lease referred to, was liable to the plaintiff herein as lessor, not only because the lessee was in actual possession of the leased premises, with the result that there existed privity of estate between the lessor and the lessee, but also because there existed privity of contract. When the assignment was executed and the defendants herein, as trustees, took possession of the leased…