Burlington & Summit Apartments, Midland Mortgage Co. v. Manolato

Carpíelo, J.

The petition alleged that plaintiff rented to defendant by written lease Apartment B2 in the Burlington Apartments in Iowa City, from September 20, 1941, to June 20, 1942, at the monthly rent of $47.50. Judgment was asked for $332.50 as rent under the lease. A landlord’s attachment was also sought. In defendant’s answer, after admitting the execution of a lease, it was alleged in substance that the Burlington Apartments is a multiple dwelling built in 1926, “that the plaintiff and its assignors in title absolutely failed and refused to procure the issuance of a certificate by the…