O'Brien v. Troxel & Brother

— In 1884 the plaintiff and defendant executed a written lease, whereby the former leased to the latter certain real estate for the period of two years from the first day of January, 1885, for a certain specified amount, to be paid monthly, for the use and occupation of the premises. The defendant occupied the premises for the term, and paid the rent, and also continued to occupy the same thereafter, and paid the rent as stipulated in the lease, without objection, until the *761twenty-first day of February, 1887, when the defendant served a notice on the plaintiff to the effect that the tenancy…