Ryan v. J. H. Cogan Co.

This case is before this court on exceptions. The defendant was a tenant at will of the plaintiff under a contract either express or implied to pay rent at the rate of $16.66 a month. On May 28, 1927, while such relation was still subsisting, the plaintiff wrote to the defendant a letter to the effect that commencing July 1, 1927, the plaintiff would charge the defendant as rent $30.00 per month, payable monthly at the end of each month. The tenant, without any affirmative acceptance of the proposition, continued to occupy the premises. This is an action of assumpsit for the rent at thirty…