Jones v. Postlethwaite
Jones v. Postlethwaite
Opinion of the Court
rendered the opinion and decree of the Court, as follows:
This is a suit for rent against a tenant and the surety on his lease, one Louis E. Chaplain.
The latter pleads a discharge, alleging that plaintiff, after the abandonment of the premises by the tenant (Postlethwaite), took possession thereof and leased them to a new tenant, to-wit, one Chas. A. Wagner. In the alternative he alleges that said Wagner took possession of the premises and agreed to assume the rent for the unexpired term, now sued for, and he calls said Wagner in warranty.
The evidence is conclusive, and the trial judge so found, that plaintiff did not lease the premises anew to Wagner, or do anything else to the prejudice of his rights against Chaplain as surety. It does appear, however, that, as between Wagner and Chaplain and one Frank S'. Einstein, a friend of the latter, there was some sort of agreement by which one John McGrath was to take possession of
Judgment- affirmed.
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