Becerra v. Hochberg

BISHOP, J. pro tem. *

The plaintiff leased to the defend ant for a five year term some property on Brooklyn Avenue in Los Angeles “to be used as chicken and egg and live poultry market and for no other, purpose.’’ The defendant paid the first month’s rent, failed to pay for a number of months, then resumed paying and had continued to make the monthly payments up to the trial. The judgment, for the rent not paid for a spell, is attacked on the ground that the lease was for a use made illegal by the city’s zoning ordinance. The illegality of the lease was not made to appear, and we are affirming…