Porter v. Tull

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, C. J.

This is an action for the recovery of lease money paid in advance according to the terms of the lease. The respondent, F. M. Tull, the owner and lessor of the leased premises, rented and leased to A. H. Porter and C. F. Jackson certain rooms and portions of the building known as the Tull block, in the city of Spokane. The lessees paid the stipulated rent according to the terms of the lease, monthly in advance, including the month of Au*409gust, 1889. On the 4th day of August, 1889, the building was destroyed by fire, and Porter for himself,…