Hall Steam Power Co. v. Campbell Printing Press & Manufacturing Co

The pleadings admit that on October 1,1891, the defendant hired from the plaintiff the fifth floor of Nos. 220 and 222 William street, for one month, at the rate of $150, payable in advance, and the proofs show that defendant failed to quit and surrender the premises on the 1st of November, 1891. The plaintiff recovered possession December 2,1891, and the action is to recover the rent for November, 1891, on the theory of a wrongful holding over, in which the landlord is entitled to treat the wrongdoer as a tenant under the terms of the original demise, and he is not at liberty to deny that he…