Butler v. Tunnicliffe

—This case is before us on certiorari to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Orange County reversing a judgment in favor of the petitioner of the County Court of Orange County.

Tunnicliffe, as Liquidator of the State Bank of Orlando, sued Dr. Paul T. Butler for certain rents which had accrued under a lease wherein State Bank of Orlando & Trust Company was the lessor and Dr. Paul T. Butler was the lessee. The lease was for two years from the first day of February, 1928, at $1050.00 per year in equal monthly installments of $87.50 each payable in advance on the first day of each and every…