Monroe Inv. Co. v. Ford

Plaintiff sues for back rent due and for the annulment of a written lease for the failure to pay said rent. The defense is that by a verbal agreement, entered into before the signing of the lease, and renewed and confirmed after the signing of the lease, the rent was to be reduced from $500 per month to $425 per month until plaintiff should have made certain improvements on the leased premises, which have not been made, and that defendant has paid in part and offered to pay the balance of all rent due at the reduced rate.

The trial judge, on motion of plaintiff,' struck out of the answer the…