Brown v. Bayview Manor Homes, Inc.

WAY, District Judge.

The case has been very interestingly presented and the Court will announce its conclusions.

The situation may be summed up as follows: The decision of the case turns upon whether the deposits in controversy are required by the lessor in a bona fide effort to protect him against losses which he may, and in numerous instances probably will, sustain as a result of the negligence or wilful acts of the tenant or those for whom the tenant is responsible, and to make it reasonably certain that the lessor will receive the amount of rent stipulated for in the lease undiminished, or…