Wyman v. Sperbeck
Wyman v. Sperbeck
Opinion of the Court
The lease upon which this suit was brought for the rent was for a hotel in the village of Clinton, unfinished and uufurnished. There was ivater standing in the unfinished basement from six to ten inches deep. The lease contained á stipulation that the defendant should furnish two rooms therein, but it contained no condition that the. plaintiff should furnish said hotel with the balance of the furniture, bedding, and stoves, and finish up the basement to be used as a saloon. The evidence tended to show that such was the agreement of the parties, and that it was left out of the written lease by mistake, and the plaintiff, when notified of such omission, refused to make any change in the written lease, but admitted that such was the bargain. It is claimed by the learned counsel of the appellant that thereupon the defendant refused to take the property, and therefore waived this condition of the lease. But the evidence upon this point was conflicting. If, however, it had been true, without such change in the written lease as the plaintiff admitted was the agreement the defendant was under no obligation to take the property. Such change in the lease was never made, and the house was not so furnished, or the basement finished, according to said agreement, and the defendant never occupied it, and the suit is brought on the lease so imperfect and unchanged. The circuit court in effect found these facts, and that the written lease should
By the Court.— The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.
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