Claude Neon Federal Co. v. Meyer Bros., Inc.

This is a suit by a lessor against a lessee for liquidated damages under a contract for the rental of an electric sign. The defense is that the leased building, on which the sign was erected and which housed the business of the defendant, was so badly damaged by fire, which also destroyed the contents of the building, that the lease on the building was canceled and, under the provisions of the lease of the sign as well as under the law, defendant was entitled to an annulment thereof, although the sign was not destroyed by the fire.

There was judgment dismissing plaintiff's suit and granting…