Washington Chocolate Co. v. Kent

Defendant Kent, a sole trader, doing business as Commercial Warehouse Company, operates a warehouse building containing five stories and basement located on the east of Alaska way between Yesler way and Washington street in Seattle. The building is located just across the street from the water front.

On or about September 1, 1942, Washington Chocolate Company, a domestic corporation, rented the north half of the basement, and adjoining space known as the vault, from Kent. The tenancy was an oral month-to-month one at a monthly rental of one hundred dollars. The Washington Chocolate Company is…