Rehkopf v. Wirz

This is an action whereby the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for breach of the covenants of a written lease of real property. The court having granted defendants’ motion for a nonsuit, judgment was entered, from which plaintiff appeals.

The lease was for three years, beginning April 1, 1913. Defendants paid the rent monthly in advance for the period of one year and vacated the premises a few days prior to April 1, 1914. Thereupon the lessor took possession of the premises and advertised for another tenant. During the month of April, 1914, he obtained another tenant to whom he leased the…