Cobb v. Lee

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

This was an action of assumpsit under the terms of a lease, for the recovery of $1300.00 alleged to be due as rents. Defendant pleaded in short by consent the general issue. The cause was tried on issue joined on this plea. The jury awarded plaintiff the sum of $600.00, and defendant appeals.

Hampton Lee, the lessor, testified that in September, 1962, he leased to defendant, W. R. Cobb, the ground floor of a building in Montevallo, Alabama, to be used as a washerteria. The lease, introduced in evidence, was for a term of three years and provides for rent at the rate of…