Williams v. Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Hosmer, J. Assumpsit by John R. Williams and others against the Michigan Central .Railroad Company for rent. From a judgment for plaintiffs on verdict directed by the court, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, C. J.
Plaintiffs, being owners of a business block in Detroit comprising 10 or 12 stores upon the first floor, and a corresponding area devoted to offices op other floors, leased said block, on April 30, 1894, to Friend *449Palmer, for a period of 40 years, at an annual rental of $16,000. On April 1, 1897, Friend Palmer leased one of the stores to the Michigan Central Eailroad Company, the defendant, for the period of one year from May 1st, at an annual rental of $3,000, with an option to the defendant for the renewal of the lease for the further period of one year, and on April 1, 1898, it wrote Mr.…
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