McKnight v. United States

The defendant leased from the plaintiff, a New Jersey corporation, the premises described in the findings. The transaction was the restilt of a desire upon the part of the defendant to own and operate its own laundry during the war period. The plaintiff owned both the laundry equipment and the premises wherein it was located. The defendant purchased the equipment and continued to operate the laundry upon the same premises under the lease involved. Payments of rental were regularly made under the leases and the difficulty out of which this case arises is confined to the last two months of the…