Sinclair v. Burke

This is an action to recover from defendants $1,200, 'which plaintiff paid them in advance in payment of the last six months’ rent, less $585, rent due at the time of the termination of the lease.

The cause was tried to the court without the intervention of a jury. Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff for $615, from which defendants appeal.

The parties entered into a written lease on October 17, 1924. At the time the plaintiff was occupying the garage premises under a lease which expired December 31,1925. The term of the new lease was from January 1, 1926, to December 31,1930, for the…