Black v. Arnold Best Co.

By separate leases dated July 17, 1947, plaintiffs, doing business as “Black’s” food stores, leased to defendant, for a fur business, the third floor of their building for a 20-year period at $200 per month, payments to begin September 1, 1947, and a space 17 feet by 9 feet by 6 feet on the mezzanine floor of that same building, together with window display space for the same period at $50 per month.

Defendant took possession of the leased premises, with the possible exception of the mezzanine floor, and moved in considerable stock in trade. Thereafter, defendant paid the monthly rentals…