Hammond Hotel & Improvement Co. v. Perrin

This action grows out of a controversy concerning a lease from appellant to appellee upon the basement of a certain building in the city of Hammond, Indiana.

The complaint is in one paragraph and seeks to recover rent claimed to be due appellant from appellee. Later, a supplemental complaint was filed to recover rent which accrued since filing the original complaint. Answer was filed by appellee in two paragraphs; one, a general denial ; the other, an amended third paragraph of answer, alleging mutual mistake in the execution of the lease.

Appellee also filed a cross-complaint in two paragraphs…