Horn v. Peteler

This is a landlord’s summons under the statute. The tenancy is a tenancy from month to month. The rent is 415 per month. On July 15, 1883, the landlord accepted the negotiable promissory note of the tenant for $30, the same being the amount of two month’s rent then past due. The note does not express the consideration for which it was given. Thereafter the tenant paid the monthly rent regularly as it fell due down to the month of March, 1884, at which time he made default in the payment of one month’s rent. The landlord thereupon demanded of him as rent $45, being the two months’ rent for…