Haun v. Corkland

Dr. Louis A. Haun brought this action against J. B. Corkland to recover $15,900.00, claimed to be due as unpaid rental on premises at 312 Gray Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, where defendant conducted a mercantile business from some date prior to July 1, 1954, until October 31, 1961, when Dr. Haun sold the property.

The Circuit Judge, sitting without a jury, dismissed the suit and plaintiff has appealed. In the view we take, the case turns on whether, early in the period of the lease, the plaintiff validly agreed to reduce the rent as defendant insists from $600.00 to $400.00 per month (for…