108 Mass. 357 | Mass. | 1871
According to the decisions in Bacon v. Bowdoin, 22 Pick. 401, Doe v. Ries, 1 Moore & Scott, 259, Hancock v. Caffyn, Ib. 521, and Kabley v. Worcester Gas Light Co. 102 Mass. 392, the letters which passed between the original parties must be considered as a lease, and not as a mere agreement that a lease should be drawn up and executed at a future time. The proposition by Putnam was not to take a lease of the house, but to take “ the bouse,” for a specified term and a specified rent. The lessors on
Judgment for the defendant.