Mockabee v. English

This case was tried in the District Court without a jury. The action was on contract to recover $500 rent claimed due under the terms of a written lease for the months of May to September, 1932, inclusive. The plaintiffs waived any excess over $500.

It was stipulated at the trial that the defendant on March 30th, 1932, paid to plaintiffs the sum of $212, the April, 1932, rent, for an apartment and garage, No. 102 Melmore Apartments, East Orange, and served on the plaintiffs a notice of the termination of said lease. The notice assigned the following reasons for the action taken: (1) A tenant…