Hunger v. Toubin Bros., Inc.

BLAIR, Justice.

Appellant, Fred W. Hunger, sued appel-lee, Toubin Bros., Inc., for eight months rent of a store building, alleging that appel-lee was a holdover tenant for the year beginning September 21, 1939, and ending September 20, 1940; that the rent was payable $75 per month, which appellee paid for four months, but abandoned the premises on February 20, 1940; that appellant was unable to rent the building for the remainder of the year; and that appellant was therefore entitled to recover the sum of $600. In answer to the sole special issue submitted, the jury found that “after September…