Wilson v. Costello

Action of contract to recover rent. The plaintiff had as tenant the defendant’s mother, whose rent, in December, 1930, was four months in arrears. At that time the defendant, on being informed that the plaintiff would have to have either the rent due or a surrender of the premises, said to the defendant, “You have been very kind to my mother. I now have a job and I will pay the hack rent and I will guarantee to pay the rent from then on”. The tenancy continued until April, 1931, when the defendant and his mother moved out, neither of them having paid any rent after the defendant’s…