Olson v. Frazer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This was an action to recover three months’ rent on a business building in Dodge City.

The pertinent facts as gleaned from the pleadings were these: On May 1, 1935, the late Margaret B. Martin of Ford county made a written lease of her two-story business building in Dodge City to one H. Levinson who was at that time the occupying tenant of the property. The lease was for a term of five years, and the stipulated rent was $200 per month. Among the written terms of the lease was one providing that the lessee should not assign the lease…