Healy v. McManus

*239By the court,

Hilton, J.

The plaintiff hired of the defendant certain premises for a term commencing on May 1, 1861, and ending May 1, 1862, the rent to be at the rate of $500 per annum, payable in equal monthly payments, on the first of each month. The agreement was in writing, and concluded with the following clause : “ Said tenant has deposited with me, as collateral security, $41. 66, which amount is to apply as the rent for the last month of this agreement.” The rent due on January 1, 1862, not having been paid, the defendant, on the 11th of that month, instituted summary proceedings to…