Watson v. Hooton

Appellees rented to appellants a large hotel building for a term, commencing on the first day of September, 1877, and ending on the thirteenth day of December, 1878, for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per year, payable in monthly installments.

In the lease appellees covenanted to keep in good repair, at their, own expense, the roof of the hotel building so that it should not leak, and appellants, in consideration of the premises, covenanted to pay the rent. Appellants with the consent of appellees, sub-let the premises after occupying them until January, 1878. The monthly installments were…