Lewis v. Welch Wholesale Flour & Feed Co.

Lively, Judge:

The only point involved in this writ is the proper measure of damages for retention of real estate wrongfully held by defendant from occupation by plaintiff from April 1, 1921, to July 1, 1922.

On February 25, 1920, Brewster, the owner of the property and then president and principal owner of the Welch Wholesale Flour and Feed Company, defendant, by written deed of lease, leased the property involved in this suit, and another building adjoining it on the same lot, to plaintiff Lewis, for the term of ten years beginning on April 1, 1920, the stipulated rent for the entire property…