Riechhold v. Sommarstrom Investment Co.

Action for damages for disturbance of lease. Defendant Sommarstrom Investment Company, a corporation, was at the time of the commencement of this action the owner of a three-story building situated in the city of Berkeley. The two upper stories thereof were divided into apartments which were occupied by some fifteen families. The lower story was divided into stores used for business purposes. These stores were leased by the company to one Witkow, co-defendant herein, for a term of five years ending on December 15, 1924. The stores were not partitioned off one from the other, but constituted…