Veazey v. Rogers

This is a suit by a landlord against his tenants for the sum of $240, claimed as rent, and for attorney's fees stipulated under the contract of lease.

Plaintiff avers that he leased, as a residence, for the term of one year, one of the two upper apartments of a two-story "four-plex" dwelling to the defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers; that the lease contract called for a monthly rental of $40, payable semi-monthly, on the 10th and 25th of each month, and that rent notes, aggregating the amount of rental for the entire lease period, were executed; that defendants occupied the premises and paid the…