Jordan v. Talbot

55 Cal.2d 597 (1961)

VIRGINIA JORDAN, Appellant,

v.

ANDREW B. TALBOT, Respondent.

S. F. No. 20578.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Apr. 13, 1961.

Daniel Kass for Appellant.

Hartly Fleischmann for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Plaintiff was a tenant in defendant's apartment house. The lease provided that the lessor had a right of reentry upon the breach of any condition in the lease and a lien upon all personal effects, furniture, and baggage in the tenant's apartment to secure the rents and other charges. One of the conditions was the payment of $132.50 rent on the first of each month. Plaintiff paid…