Strand Amusement Co. v. Hall

This is a suit for rent claimed to be due under a written lease given by plaintiff to defendants, copartners, for a term of three years beginning December 1,1924. Defendants occupied the premises until November 1,1926, having given notice to plaintiff in August, 1926, of their election to cancel. Plaintiff denied the right to cancel, and sought rent for the remainder of the term, less deduction in mitigation, and had judgment in a trial by the court without a jury.

The controversy centers chiefly on the following from the lease:

“Parties of the second part (defendants) are privileged to cancel…