Steinman v. John Hall Tailoring Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

This, was an action to recover rent. Mrs. Stein-man leased her store room to somebody for a year with the privilege to the lessee of extending to five years. After a short time the room was vacant and the rent money unobtainable.

The plaintiff recovered and the defendant appeals, vigorously assailing numerous rulings by the trial court, all of which we have examined. Out of the entire record but two meritorious questions arise — the authority of a certain agent, and the matter of minimizing damages.

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