Chase
Chase v. Peters
Opinion
Lead Opinion
James, J.
This is an appeal taken by the' Peters Investment Company, a. corporation, and certain other persons named, who are designated as trustees of said corporation. The appeal is from an order of the superior court refusing an application for an order to restore the Peters Investment Company to the possession of certain real property from which it had been ousted by process authorized under a judgment for unlawful detainer. For convenience, we will designate the appellant in this ease under the general name of Investment Company.
Prior to May, 1917, the Investment Company held possession of the real property in question under an assignment made by the lessee of the plaintiff. Default had been made in the payment of the rental fixed by the lease and the lessor had also been compelled to pay certain taxes which under the lease the lessee had agreed to discharge. An action for the unlawful detainer of the property was brought, after a due notice given to the lessee and the Investment Company to either pay the rental or surrender possession of the premises. In that action there were two counts or causes, in one of which was contained a statement of the several installments of rental which…