Hennessy v. Gleason

P. W. Harms, plaintiff in the original action, owns an office building in Berkeley. For some time he has rented rooms on the second and third floors for living quar ters. Petitioner for several years past was a month-to-month tenant, of room 22, which he used for living and sleeping purposes. About December 30, 1946, plaintiff received a letter from the' City Manager of Berkeley stating that plaintiff was operating a hotel in violation of state and local laws, and ordering him immediately to “vacate the second and third floors of the entire . . . building for any living Or sleeping purposes.”…