Sully v. Schmitt

On the 26th day of April, 1886, the defendant entered into a written lease with the plaintiff by which he rented a front room on the ground floor of No. 258 Michigan street, in this *444city, for three years from the 1st day of May next ensuing, at the annual rent of $800, payable monthly, in monthly payments, the first of every month. The premises were to be used for a hotel bar. The defendant occupied the premises up to about the middle of May, 1888, and then left the premises and refused to pay rent accruing by the terms of the lease on the 1st day of May, 1888. This action was brought for the…