Markham v. Fralick

This action is one in unlawful detainer. The property in controversy was under a ninety-nine year lease. The lessees, the defendants and respondents in this action, were in default in the payment of some $30,000 rent besides taxes which they had agreed to pay. The leased premises were a city block in Hollywood on which were located some fifteen dwellings or bungalows occupied by ten or twelve subtenants. The defendants were in possession of the property only through their subtenants. Their agent collected the rents and paid, them to his principals, the defendants. While the defendants were in…