Dunning v. Mead

It appears that in February, 1874, F. W. Moore rented to Eugene Newell a house and lot, as claimed, for one year, for the sum of $225, payable monthly, at $18.75 per month. Newell paid rent, as agreed, for seven months, and up to the 26th of September, but made no more payments. Moore having removed to Iowa, he, in the month of December thereafter, appointed J. D. Dunning his agent, to collect the balance of the rent, and in March, 1875, Dunning collected $25 thereon, and received the keys of the house. In June following, Dunning, as agent of Moore, issued a landlord’s warrant to Graves, as…