CHEMICAL BANK v. HARTFORD DEPOSIT CO.

No. 735.

161 U.S. 1 (1896)

CHEMICAL NATIONAL BANK v. HARTFORD DEPOSIT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 8, 1896.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hiram T. Gilbert for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles H. Baldwin for defendant in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is not claimed that the express covenant to pay rent was released by the insolvency of the lessee merely; nor that the election of the receiver not to accept the lease had any effect on the contract between the lessor and the lessee; nor that the lessor had done anything itself to terminate its rights under the lease. But it is argued that no judgment could be

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