Miller v. Geels

NAJAM, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE 1

In this small claims action we apply the Indiana Security Deposits statute, the Bloomington Housing Code, 2 and the com mon law of contracts in a landlord-tenant dispute. Lora A. Miller and Cynthia A. San-tagata (the "tenants") appeal from the trial court's judgment in favor of Donald E. Geels, their landlord (the "landlord"). The tenants and two other students at Indiana University leased a house in Bloomington from the landlord. After termination of the tenancy and notice to the tenants, the landlord applied the tenants' entire security deposit to unpaid…