Sigur v. Lloyd

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

SniDEim, J.

The defendant was sued for a breach of the covenant of his lease by the non-payment of rent. The plaintiff prayed for a dissolution of the lease, for judgment for $180, the amount of rent already accrued, and for the further sum of $240, the amount to become due by monthly payments during *422the unexpired portion of the year.* The defendant, in his answer, admitted the execution of the lease, claimed an offset of $60 for a hoisting wheel which he had placed in the store, acquiesced in the prayer for the dissolution of the lease, but denied…