Lau Dan v. Ah Leong

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, C.J.

This was a hill for relief against forfeiture of a lease for breach of the lessee’s covenant for payment of taxes. The second instalment of taxes for the year 1908 having become delinquent November 15, the defendant on December 2 entered upon the leased premises and declared the lease void for that cause and December 22 brought an action against the plaintiffs to quiet title in the premises. The object of the hill was to obtain an injunction to restrain the defendant from proceeding with the. action.

The hill alleged that the failure and neglect to pay the…