Fasking v. Goldberg

Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of $775 in an action brought by plaintiff to recover double rental for premises leased by plaintiff to defendant when defendant did not surrender possession at the termination of the lease.

The lease to defendant ran from October 1, 1930, to April 30, 1936, at a monthly rental of $300; in July, 1935, plaintiff made a lease of the premises to a new tenant, the General Credit Company, to take effect May 1, 1936; defendant, the old tenant, was in possession under his lease, and after conferences it…