McMahon v. Howe

A written lease was entered into by the parties hereto on or about March 30, 1901, by which the respondent leased to the appellant certain premises known as the “ St. Bichólas Building ” together with two barns, in the village of Schuyler-ville, N. Y., for the term of one year to commence on the 1st day of April, 1901, and to end on the 31st day of March, 1902, at an annual rent therein specified. The lease contained the following covenant: “And the party of the second part further covenants

that if default be made in the payment of said rent or any part thereof at the times above specified,…