Kuschinsky v. Flanigan

The plaintiff sued defendant in justice’s court to recover a balance due on the lease of a dwelling, No. 471 Lincoln avenue, in the city of Detroit. The lease was in writing, and was to run for 21 months and 6 days, at $25 per month. The defendant vacated the premises a month and a half before the lease expired, and tendered a half month’s rent then due; but the plaintiff refused to accept it, and sued to recover two months’ rent. Judgment passed for defendant in both the justice’s and circuit courts. The defendant resisted payment of the rent, on the ground that his lease had been broken by…