Severance v. Heyl & Patterson, Inc.

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The defendant, claiming that the term of a written lease under which it had been occupying plaintiff’s premises expired on April 30, 1931, removed from the premises at the end of the term and thereupon plaintiff caused a judgment to be entered, by virtue of a power of attorney to confess judgment contained in the lease, for a full year’s rent beginning May 1, 1931, under a claim that the lease had been extended for that period. The court below discharged a rule to show cause why the judgment entered by plaintiff against defendant should not be opened and the defendant let…