Ma-Beha Co., Inc. v. Acme Realty Co., Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

Tbe Acme Realty Company alleged in its petition that it bad entered into a lease of certain property to the defendant, Ma-Beha Company, for a period of five years beginning September 1,1931, at a rental of $210 a month; that on April 1, 1933, because of extenuating circumstances the plaintiff agreed to reduce the rent to $190 a month for a period of one year only; that without any agreement or consideration the defendant had paid only the lesser rent for the full time until the lease expired September 1, 1936, and that it held over after…