Stoltenberg v. Harveston

Action for unlawful detainer by the landlord against tenants holding over after default in the payment of rent. ' The defense to the action was that the landlord orally reduced the rent from $675 per month to $300. This latter sum was paid monthly by the lessees from the date of the lease to and including April 1, 1932. As the rent was payable in advance, the payment on April 1, 1932, covered the whole month of April. On May 7th following, the landlord served notice on the tenants that the rent of "said premises for the month of May, 1932, amounting to $675, due May 1, 1932, under the terms…