Brown v. Hayes
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Clarke county, Back, J., entered May 26, 1915, dismissing an action on contract, upon granting a nonsuit, after a trial on the merits before a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
Action for damages on breach of a lease.' The evidence was, in substance, as'follows: Plaintiff, lessee from the owner of a building for a term of years, on October 30, 1913, sublet a storeroom therein to defendants for a term of five years at a monthly rental of $91.66, due and payable on the first of each month, defendants also to pay their proportion of the expense of heating the building. Defendants went into possession and occupied the leased premises, plaintiff occupying an adjoining storeroom, both conducting mercantile establishments. In July, 1914, defendants sold their business to…
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