Sutherland v. Madden

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action to recover the rent for a garage in Prescott, which had been paid for some time at an agreed rental of $45 per month. W. E. Glaves, the owner, died, and an agent of the heirs, whose authority is not questioned, talked to the tenant, L. L. Madden, about future rentals for the property, and after discussion of it and the payment of the amounts due they agreed on $25 per month instead of $45, and at that time Madden paid Glaves, the agent, $50, which was rent for April and May, 1932. The plaintiff then arranged for…