Massett v. C. G. Conn Co.

The part of the contract of rent by plaintiff to the defendant, pertinent to the issue presented, reads as follows:

“For and in consideration of the amount of forty-five dollars ($45.00) per month, ■the party of the second part (plaintiff) agrees to rent to the party of the first part (defendant) from July 15, 1929, to Jan. 15, 1930, the southeast quarter section etc.; after Jan. 15, 1930, the rent for said space to be increased to fifty-five dollars ($55.00) per month from Jan. 15, 1930, up to December 15, 1930.”

Defendant paid its rent up to January 15, 1930, and proceeded to remove the…