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Ninety-Nine Year Leases And Fortunes Made Thereon, By Charles A. Pryor, Paul L. Sayre
Ninety-Nine Year Leases And Fortunes Made Thereon, By Charles A. Pryor, Paul L. Sayre
Indiana Law Journal
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Equity-Bill To Remove Cloud From Title
Equity-Bill To Remove Cloud From Title
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff who was holder of a long term lease on the land and buildings in Chicago known as the Auditorium found that its plans for rebuilding so as to secure a return commensurate with its investment were seriously interfered with by the defendant lessors who took the position that wrecking the old building would constitute such waste as would work a forfeiture of the lease. The publicity of these claims, made the financial underwriters insist on a settlement of them before advances were made. Under this posture of affairs, the plaintiff filed a bill in the United States District Court …
Tort Liability Of A Landlord, Raymond Harrison Harkrider
Tort Liability Of A Landlord, Raymond Harrison Harkrider
Michigan Law Review
When a landowner leases his property to a tenant he looks upon the transaction as purely a business matter. He is seldom aware, perhaps, of the duties resting upon him, the breach of which may subject him to an action in tort. The relation created is one of the most common known to our law and gives rise to a multitude of problems. The courts in their business-like manner treat the law as well settled, and decide the cases as they are presented with very little discussion of the true principles involved. Legal scholars have discussed very little the tort …