Mossi v. Fairbanks

The only question involved is whether a demand for the payment of rent is a condition precedent to the enforcement of the forfeiture of a lease. The premises were rented for the term of seven years and four months, commencing on the fourth day of July, 1910, for the monthly rental of $7.50, payable monthly in advance on the fourth day of each month during said term. It was provided in the lease “that if any rent shall be due and unpaid or if default shall be made in any of the covenants herein contained, then it shall be lawful for the party of the first part to reenter said premises and to…