Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court November 15, 1872 (Eastman v. Perkins)

Ames, J.

The memorandum, affixed to the bill of parcels, expresses the consent of the owner that the defendant should have immediate possession of the stable, and should continue to occupy it, at a specified rent, and for a definite term of time. Although brief and informal therefore, it had the essential elements of a present demise. Staniforth v. Fox, 7 Bing. 590. Kabley v.