Kessler v. Pearson

1. The action was for the recovery of rent for a tenement, and the plea denied tenancy, and further averred that if a contract of rent was proved, such contract was founded on an immoral consideration, in that the house was rented to be used as a lewd house. The plaintiff’s agent testified that he did not know that the tenant contemplated or intended its use as a brothel; and as the jury found that issue in favor of the plaintiff, we will consider that in making the contract of lease the parties did not intend that the house should be used for an immoral purpose. On the trial the defendant…