Ellis v. Welch
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The declaration in this action was in covenant broken upon an indented lease, by which the defendant demised to the plaintiffs a certain brick store, with the land and appurtenances thereto belonging, situate in State Street, in Boston, and covenanted and agreed with the plaintiffs that they should hold and occupy the said premises for the term of five years, to commence on the Sth day of September, 1804, on Condition of the quarterly payment of the rent of 500 dollars per…
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The declaration in this action was in covenant broken upon an indented lease, by which the defendant demised to the plaintiffs a certain brick store, with the land and appurtenances thereto belonging, situate in State Street, in Boston, and covenanted and agreed with the plaintiffs that they should hold and occupy the said premises for the term of five years, to commence on the Sth day of September, 1804, on Condition of the quarterly payment of the rent of 500 dollars per annum, and to keep the demised premises in good repair, and at the end of the term peaceably restore them in like good…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
This action is in a plea of covenant broken, in which the plaintiffs declare on a lease made by the defendant to them of a brick store in State Street, in Boston, with the appurtenances, for five years from the 8th day of September, 1804, and they aver that the defendant covenanted with them, that they should hold and occupy the demised premises during that term; and that within the term the selectmen of Boston, pursuant to the statute of 1799, c. 31, in widening State Street, laid a part of that street over the demised premises, by reason of which the public became en titled to an easement…
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