Schilling v. Holmes

The complaint in this case avers that, on the first day of May, 1861, the plaintiff, being the owner of a certain building in the City of San Francisco, leased the lower story of the same to the defendant Becker, for one month,, for the monthly rent of seventy-five dollars; that Becker underlet portions thereof to Holmes and the other defendants; that Becker paid the rent up to September 1st; that on the first day of August, the plaintiff served on Becker a written notice, to quit and sui’render the premises, on the first day of September, 1861; that a similar notice was also served on…