Hayton v. Seattle Brewing & Malting Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Bonald, J., entered June 14, 1911, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for rent, upon sustaining a demurrer to an affirmative defense, after a trial on the merits.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This is an action to recover two months’ rent claimed to be due to the plaintiffs from the defendant under a lease to it of a lot and building in Mount Vernon. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, the defendant has appealed.
The questions here presented arise upon appellant’s affirmative defense, the demurrer thereto of the respondents, and the sustaining of that demurrer by the trial court. The affirmative defense thus excluded was, in substance, as follows : The term of the lease is five years, being from November 9, 1907, to November 9, 1912, at an agreed monthly *249rental of $100. The…
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