Lounsbery v. . Snyder
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a decision of the Supreme Court, at a General Term in the third judicial district, affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, rendered at the Ulster Circuit, on the trial before Mr. Justice Gotjld. The action was on a lease, for rent of the demised premises. The defense was, that the defendants had been evicted from a portion of the premises by the plaintiff, before the rent in question accrued. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court · PorterPorter, J.
In the spring of 1857, the defendants were in possession of the entire premises embraced in the lease. It was executed in Pebruary, 1856. The term was five years, and the rent reserved was $200 for the first year, and $250 for each succeeding year. The property consisted of a store, dwelling house, hay-scales, barn, and the lots on which these buildings were erected. The plaintiff desiring to use a portion of the demised premises, and the defendants wishing to be relieved from so large a rent, a verbal agreement was concluded between them on the 10th of April, 1857, by which, in consideration…
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