Averill v. Sawyer
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action' upon the covenants of a lease; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court, before JP. B. Hall, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant. The matter set up by the defendant both as a defense and as a counterclaim is stated in the opinion.
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Action' upon the covenants of a lease; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court, before JP. B. Hall, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant. The matter set up by the defendant both as a defense and as a counterclaim is stated in the opinion. An agreement between the parties, upon the construction of which the case in large part depended, was as follows:— “ This agreement made this 26th day of February, 1887, between Henry E. Averill, Elisha P. Averill, Asenath P. Averill, and Charles E. Averill, hereinafter called…
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
The plaintiffs’ complaint contains several counts. We need only mention the first. The first paragraph recites a lease which it is averred the defendant on October 1st, 1887, entered into with the plaintiffs, under their hands and seals, of a certain store on Main street in Hartford, in which lease among other things the defendant obligated himself to pay the water charges, whether the same should first be paid by the plaintiffs or not. The second paragraph avers the payment of these charges to the amount of $217 by the plaintiffs ; and the third, the failure of the defendant to pay the same…
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