Wilkesbarre Realty Co. v. Powell

This is an action brought by the plaintiff, the lessor, ag’ainst the defendants, Mary V. Powell, the .lessee, and Thomas J. Creamer, surety upon a lease dated July 11,1911, to recover rent (not damages for non-performance of covenants) alleged to have accrued and to remain unpaid from June 1,1912, to September 30, 1913. The lease, dated July 11, 1911, was for a term of one year and four months, commencing June 1, 1911, and ending September 30, 1912. It contained a renewal clause for a one-year term, commencing October 1, 1912, and ending September 30, 1913. The twenty-first clause reads as…