Bauer v. Byrd
Bauer v. Byrd
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
What was said in the opinion just handed down in another proceeding between the same parties applies to the present case. It will not be necessary to repeat what was there said, nor will any useful purpose be served by discussing in detail the several assignments of error in the case at bar. That part of the decree in this case which requires appellant to furnish steam through a one and one-half-inch pipe must be modified. In other respects the decree should be affirmed. We agree that appellant should furnish such pressure of live steam through a one-inch pipe as the capacity of the boilers can reasonably produce without any unfair obstruction on the part of the defendant. It was error to decree that appellant be required to furnish live steam through a one and one-half-inch pipe. The contract provides that
As to the exhaust steam, we have concluded, taking into consideration all the facts and circumstances disclosed by the record, the evidence was sufficient to warrant the finding, that appellant at the time of making the 1911 lease, entered into a contemporaneous oral agreement to provide appellees with the same quantity of exhaust steam for their laundry business as they had theretofore received under their prior tenancy, and that this contemporaneous oral agreement was an inducement to the execution of the lease of 1911. This was a distinct finding of the learned chancellor before whom the testimony , was taken, and such a finding will not be reversed on appeal except for manifest error. No such manifest error appears upon this record and therefore we must regard this as an established fact. On the question of the obligation to furnish exhaust steam it is conclusive.
It will be necessary to modify the decree in respect to furnishing live steam through a one and one-half-inch pipe so as to require it to be furnished through a one-inch pipe, and the record will be remitted for this purpose. Of course, if appellant chooses to continue furnishing live steam through a one and one-half-inch pipe rather than to tear out these pipes and fittings and install new ones, there can be no objection to his doing so, but what we mean to decide is that he can only be compelled to furnish live steam through a one-inch pipe if he insists upon his rights under the contract.
We repeat what was said in the other opinion that appellant under the terms of the lease is obliged to furnish a sufficient amount of live steam to meet the reasonable requirements of appellees for use in conducting their business on the leased premises, based upon, conditions existing or contemplated when the lease of 1911 was made, if the same can be furnished through a one-
May 22, 1914:
. Since handing down this opinion, application was made for a modification of the decree. The application was heard but before any decision was arrived at, the parties through their counsel, concluded an agreement stipulating the terms and conditions upon which the steam was to be used and furnished. We entirely approve this method of adjusting differences and direct a copy of the agreement to be filed with the record in this . case. (When the record and agreement are remitted to the court below, a final decree can be entered embodying the terms and conditions upon which steam is to be used and furnished in accordance with the provisions of that contract dated May 22, 1914. ,
The decree will be modified as herein indicated and the reeord is remitted for this purpose. Costs to be equally divided between the parties.
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