Smith v. Hudgens

Smith, Judge.

1. Where a lease requires rent to be paid on the first day of each month, with a provision that "default” under the lease for nonpayment would not occur until failure to pay the same within 15 days after written notice thereof, there was no error in requiring the lessee, in a dispossessory proceeding by the lessor, to pay the rent due into the registry of the court on the first day of each month as required by the lease, and upon failure to do so, to issue a writ of possession to the lessor. Code §§ 61-303, 61-304.

2. Nor was there error in ordering paid to the landlord the amount…