Commissioner of Insurance v. Massachusetts Accident Co.

The Boston Insurance Company on April 17, 1930, leased certain premises to the Massachusetts Accident Company for a term ending January 31, 1941. The commissioner of insurance has been duly appointed receiver of the lessee, and vacated the demised premises on May 12, 1940. The lessor filed a claim with the receiver and seeks to establish a claim for the unpaid rent for the residue of *770the term. The single justice allowed the claim in the sum of $667.45, being the rent at the rate designated by the lease for the month of May less what had been paid by the receivér for the first twelve days of…