Barth v. Ely

Appeal from a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s action for rent alleged to be due her from defendant on a hotel building in Billings.

The complaint filed herein alleged that in February, 1920, A. H. Barth, husband of the plaintiff, was the owner of the Carlin Hotel, which he then leased to Stephen Ely and R. D. Jones for a term of four years, at a monthly rental of $405, and immediately thereafter conveyed to the plaintiff, Annie Barth; that the joint lessees operated the hotel until November 1925, when Jones assigned all his interest to Ely, who continued to hold over and operate the hotel…