Cleveland v. Detroit Trust Co.

In this suit plaintiff seeks to recover from defendant five months’ rental, amounting to $8,750. The property has a frontage of 50 feet on the west side of Washington boulevard near its intersection with Clifford street in the city of Detroit. Each of the parties moved for summary judgment. Plaintiff’s motion was denied, and defendant’s granted. Plaintiff has appealed.

On May 1, 1924, plaintiff’s predecessor in title gave a 99-year lease of the premises here involved at a monthly rental of $1,750. The lessee’s interest was assigned to the trustees of the estate of Francis Palms, deceased; and…