Dean v. Lee.

Action to recover semi-annual installment of rent in the sum of $3424 alleged to have accrued on September 1, 1930, under the terms of a ninety-nine-year lease, and to recover the amount paid by plaintiffs in discharge of federal and state income taxes for the years 1928, 1929 and 1930. The cause was tried to the court, jury waived, resulting in finding and judgment for the defendant. Plaintiffs appeal.

On March 1, 1920, Oliver H. Dean as lessor, and Thomas Roburt and Baltimore Shirt Company as lessees, entered into a contract in writing by the terms of which the lessor demised to the lessees…