Slacum v. Brown

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia

Slacum v. Brown

22 F. Cas. 315, 5 D.C. 315, 5 Cranch 315

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia·Decided October 15, 1837·Published·Cited by 1 cases

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The Court

[item, con.) refused to give the instruction prayed by Mr. Semmes, being of opinion that Mr. Brown could not aban[316]*316don after underletting a part of the premises for the year. That in such a case, the ruinous state of the premises, so that the defendant’s goods were liable to be injured thereby, is not sufficient to justify the abandonment; and that the receipt by Mrs. Slacum of rent from the sub-tenant of part of the premises, is not evidence of her assent to such abandonment.

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The Court

[item, con.) refused to give the instruction prayed by Mr. Semmes, being of opinion that Mr. Brown could not aban[316]*316don after underletting a part of the premises for the year. That in such a case, the ruinous state of the premises, so that the defendant’s goods were liable to be injured thereby, is not sufficient to justify the abandonment; and that the receipt by Mrs. Slacum of rent from the sub-tenant of part of the premises, is not evidence of her assent to such abandonment.

Slacum v. Brown, 22 F. Cas. 315, 5 D.C. 315, 5 Cranch 315 (circtddc 1837).

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