Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa
Action by the Hartford Fire Insurance Company and others against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. Plaintiffs demur to the answer.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIRAS, District Judge.
The questions presented by the demurrer to the answer in this cause grow out of the following state of facts, as disclosed by the pleadings in the case: On the 1st day of February, 1890, the defendant railway company executed a lease, in writing, to the firm of Simpson, Mclntire & Co., of a named portion of its depot grounds at Monticello, Jones county, Iowa, for the term of one year, with the right to erect and maintain on the leased premises a cold-storage warehouse, "and upon the express condition that the said railway company, its successors and assigns, shall be…
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