Davis v. Taylor
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from tlie Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. landlord and tenant proceeding by F. F. Davis and another against Rose C. Taylor and others. From a judgment of the Supreme Court on appeal from the municipal court, overruling landlords’ motion for judgment, the landlords appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
This case is here on a special appeal allowed by the court. It is a contest between the lessors and lessee of the Bellevue Hotel, Washington.
Rose C. Taylor was in possession under a lease made hy the lessors with one Peter Taylor, Jr., which by its terms as extended is to expire on October 1, 1922. The rent was to be paid monthly in advance, and, if not paid within ten days after it became due, or if the tenant allowed “process or execution to issue against him in any suit at law or in equity,” the lease was to wholly cease and determine, at the option of the lessors.…
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