Shindler v. Milden

The plaintiff, on March 31, 1927, leased to the defendant corporation for three years premises “to be used for the purpose of conducting and carrying on therein a delicatessen or restaurant business, and for no other purpose.” The action against the defendant corporation is for the entire rent from November 1, 1927, to March 31, 1930, amounting to $2,125. The action against the individual defendants is brought to charge them with payment of the same rent because they guaranteed in writing that it would be paid when due. In both cases the defendants set up an eviction. In answer to a special…