Davis v. Harrington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, on a guaranty of the payment of rents under a lease for one year from October 20, 1891, at the rate of four hundred dollars per annum. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the defendant, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts; which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This case is submitted on an agreed statement of facts, accompanied by certain letters which are referred to as evidence. If we deal with the agreed statement of facts alone, it appears that “ on May 26, 1892, the defendant paid to the plaintiff for the rent up' to April 20,1892, viz. $200, as per letter hereto annexed, and the plaintiff received the same op May 27, 1892.” The letter referred to, which is thus made a part of the statement, plainly shows that the defendant appropriated this payment, as is stated in the above quotation, to the rent, and thereby paid the whole of it, although he…
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