Salomon v. Cawston Ostrich Farm

The plaintiff and appellant sued the defendant as a guarantor of a lease made and performable in New York. The trial court rendered judgment for the plaintiff for $2,197.48, the unpaid portion of rent for the month of October, 1914, with certain surcharges. The appellant maintains the judgment should have been for $6,045.36, to include the difference between the rental specified in the lease and that received between November 1, 1914, and April 1, 1915.

The appellant leased to the respondent, a California corporation, for five years, the most northerly store and basement thereunder, on the…