Reno v. Mendenhall

This was a suit by appellant brought to recover rent from appellee, ayerred to be due and unpaid under two leases for the same premises. The first lease, dated October 10,1887, Avas for the term of five years, from March 1, 1888, to March 1, 1893, by the terms of Avhich Reno, the lessor, agreed, among other things, to put the buildings in good repair. The second lease, dated 1891, was also for a term of five years, commencing March 1,1893; the rent reserved in each lease was $80 per annum, payable in installments of $40 each, on July 1st and November 1st in each year; and by the second lease…