James P. Cook &Amp; Another v. George S. Johnson
| Decision Date | 20 November 1876 |
| Citation | 121 Mass. 326 |
| Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
| Parties | James P. Cook & another v. George S. Johnson |
Suffolk. Contract on an account annexed for the rent of certain premises on Washington Street, in Boston, from August 1 to October 1, 1874.
At the trial in the Superior Court, before Rockwell, J., without a jury, it appeared that the plaintiffs were the assignees of the lessor of a lease of the premises for the term of five years from October 1, 1873; that before the execution of the lease the premises were mortgaged, but the lease was made and assigned prior to any breach of the mortgage; that the mortgage was assigned to one Evans, who still held the same that the defendant was the lessee named in the lease, and was in possession of the premises throughout the year 1874; that Evans entered, after breach, upon the premises, for the purpose by him declared of foreclosing the right of redemption under the mortgage, and for the purpose of collecting the rents, on July 31, 1874, and notified the defendant to pay the rent to the plaintiffs, for the month of July, but to pay the subsequent rent to him. By said lease rent was payable on the last day of each and every month, for that month. On August 31, 1874, thirty-one days after entry Evans filed in the registry of deeds for the county of Suffolk a sworn certificate of two witnesses of entry for the purpose of foreclosure, and the same was on that day recorded, and no other certificate was either made, filed or recorded.
On August 1, 1874, the rent for the month of July was paid by the defendant to the plaintiffs. From that time until October 28, 1874, no rent was paid to any one by or in behalf of the defendant. On October 6, 1874, Evans made an entry for the purpose of foreclosing the right of redemption under the mortgage and for the purpose of collecting the rents, and recorded the certificate thereof on October 8, 1874. The rents for the months of August and September were demanded of the defendant by the plaintiffs on October 15, 1874, and the defendant was at that time notified by the plaintiffs that they should hold him responsible therefor. The defendant had knowledge of the entry on October 6, 1874. The defendant paid Evans the rents for August and September, on October 28 1874, taking from him a written agreement to return them if the plaintiffs should ever recover the same of the defendant.
Upon these facts the plaintiffs asked the...
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