Montanus v. Buschmeyer

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Nunn

Affirming.

This litigation arises from the following state of facts. On October 22, 1908, the appellants, wall-paper merchants, rented from the appellees for a term of five years a fonr-story brick storehouse in Louisville, and agreed to pay as rent therefor $125.00 monthly. Appellants took possession under the lease and continued to occupy the premises until the night of September 23, 1911, when the house and contents were destroyed by fire, and without any fault of appellants; that is, the fire was communicated from an adjacent building.

The rent contract was…