Mauger v. Shedaker
Mauger v. Shedaker
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This is a demurrer to a declaration. There are three counts. The first count is apparently intended to charge the defendant with deceit in sub-letting to the plaintiff certain leased premises which the defendant had covenanted with his lessor not to underlet and from which the plaintiff was evicted. But non conslal that the plaintiff’s eviction was by the lessor of the defendant. The count is therefore bad.
The second count sets up the same deceit and the same covenant by the defendant with his lessor and alleges that the plaintiff was evicted by the said lessor of the defendant. But non constat that the eviction of the plaintiff was lawful. A broken covenant against sub-letting gives the lessor an action against his covenantee but no right of re-entry. This count is therefore bad.
The third count sets up deceit by the defendant in the sale to the plaintiff of an unexpired term of unstated duration and alleges that the plaintiff could not underlet the premises
Judgment on the demurrer is for the defendant.
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