6 Vt. 536 | Vt. | 1834
The opinion of the court was delivered by
— It appears in this case, that one Gilman was indebted to Mr. Bell in the sum of one hundred dollars, for which Mr. Bell held a certain lease as security, that Gilman owed on the lease thirty-six dollars back rent. To render tin's lease available, as a security for the one hundred dollars, Mr. Bell must have paid the rents due thereon; when he paid it, his debt would have been increased to one hundred and thirty-six dollars, and the lease would have been in his hands, security therefor. The plaintiffs undertook to pay the one hundred dollars to Mr. Bell and hold the lease as security, and on a