Mayor of Baltimore v. Peat

The appellant was the original lessee of a lot of ground in Baltimore City under a ninety-nine years’ lease containing the usual covenant on the part of the lessee to pay the rent as it matured. The term created by this lease came to be vested in the appellee by assignment. The appellant by reason of its liability under the covenant was compelled to pay certain instalments of rent which matured after the assignment and it brought the present action to recover from the assignee the amount so paid. The declaration was in assumpsit for money paid by the appellant for the use of the appellee.

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