Smith v. Smull
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Lorenzo B. Smull, from a judgment of the County Court of Nassau county in favor of the plaintiff,' entered in the office of the clerk of the county of. Nassau on the 14th day of May, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court..
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The defendant rented certain premises from the plaintiff by a written lease executed February 26, 1900, for "the term of one year *453commencing March 1,1900, at the monthly rental of eighty dollars, payable in advance. The defendant entered into possession and paid all the rent excepting the rent for the last month of the term. On suit brought to recover that month’s rent the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff. The answer contained a counterclaim, and the only question presented on the appeal involves the correctness of the rulings excluding evidence designed to show a…
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