Hooks v. Lease

T. W. Hooks instituted a dispossessory-warrant' proceeding against Aileene L. Lease, in which it was alleged that the tenant failed to pay the rent due on the rented premises and that she was holding over and beyond the term for which the premises were rented to her, and that demand had been made and refused. The controlling facts were undisputed. Hooks leased the-premises to the defendant tenant by written lease for a term of sixteen months, beginning May 1, 1939 and ending August 31, 1940. There was no provision in the lease for extending the term.. After it expired the tenant continued in…