Grosvenor v. Flint

This bill is based upon the alleged non- ' performance by the respondents of a covenant in a lease held by them of certain premises owned by the complainants. The lease was given September 11, 1870, and was to run for the term of thirty years. The covenant in question is as follows, viz. : The lessees agree to pay rent therefor ‘£ yearly and every year during the first five years of said term, the sum of six thousand dollars, and during the subsequent years of said term such sums as may be agreed on or otherwise fixed under the provisions hereinafter contained, said rent to be payable…