Huff v. Markham

Crawford, Justice.

The defendant in error, William Markham, on January 2, 1883, as landlord, sued out a warrant to dispossess Wm. A. Huff, his tenant, of certain premises therein described, upon the ground of the failure of the tenant to pay the rent when the same became due. This warrant was met • by the bill in equity which is the subject-matter of the writ of error in this case. The bill charges that the property in question was a hotel, and had been leased for the term of five years, with the privilege of a renewal for a like term of years that, in pursuance of said lease, the occupancy of…