Schehr v. Berkey
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Schweitzer & Hutton, and Oscar A. Trippet, for Appellant. O’Melveny, Stevens & Millikin, and Walter K. Tuller, for Plaintiffs and Respondents. Davis, Kemp & Post, and L. K. Parks, for Defendants L. E. Berkey et al.
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin, J.
The Lyon-McKinney-Smith Company, a corporation, one of the defendants, appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs and from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
In 1908 L. E. Berkey and Katherine S. Berkey, his wife, leased from Mary Schehr, one of the plaintiffs, a certain apartment house in the city of Los Angeles. The written contract of lease provided for a tenancy of five years from and after June 1, 1908, at a rental of $23,628, payable in monthly installments. Coincident with the signing of this contract the lessees executed in favor of Mary Schehr a chattel mortgage covering…
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