Sleep EZ v. Mateo

*3INTRODUCTION

We hold here that, when a tenant mails rent at a landlord's direction and, through no fault of the tenant, the landlord does not receive it, the tenant is not in default in the payment of rent in an unlawful detainer action.

Plaintiff and appellant Sleep EZ appeals the judgment in favor of defendants and respondents Martiniano Mateo and Maximina Mateo. Plaintiff contends the judgment should be reversed because it proved all the elements *4of its cause of action, including that defendants defaulted in paying their rent. As discussed below, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Pla…