Russells Factory Stores, Inc. v. Fielden Furniture Co.

This case is before us on appeal by the Russells Factory Stores, Inc., hereinafter referred to as defendant, from an adverse judgment of $275.00 in favor of the Fielden Furniture Co., hereinafter referred to as plaintiff. The case was tried in the Circuit Court without the intervention of a jury. Motion for a new trial was overruled, defendant appealed, and the question for our determination is whether the plaintiff was entitled to recover rent in the sum of $275.00 for the month of February, 1948.

Prior to February 6, 1948, the defendant occupied the first floor of a business building located…