Baronne Building, Inc. v. Mahoney

This is a suit by a landlord for rent claimed to be due by a tenant and also for the costs expended by the landlord in a previous ejectment proceeding.

The tenant, Mahoney, was occupying space in the building of plaintiff, Baronne Building, Inc., at a monthly rental of $55.

The installments due on September 1st, October 1st, November 1st, and December 1st, 1927, were not paid and the landlord instituted ejectment proceedings, electing not to act under the “acceleration” clause of the lease, which permitted it to declare all future installments due. The ejectment proceedings were fixed for trial…