Klotz v. Hoyt

OPINION

BAKER, Chief Judge.

Tenant-landlord disputes are all too common. Here, two tenants undisputedly stopped paying rent after the first one and one-half months of their lease, did a substantial amount of damage to the inside of the residence, and abandoned the residence without informing the landlord or leaving their respective forwarding addresses. The tenants are contractually obligated, by virtue of their valid and binding lease, to repay the back due rent and late fees notwithstanding the landlord’s compli-*1235anee with statutory requirements governing the handling of security deposits.…