Feder

This is an action for damages. The first count of the complaint is for the sum of $10,800, alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff by reason of a violation.of the terms of a lease. The second cause of action is for the sum of $2,685, alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff because of the wrongful conversion of certain personal property by the defendants. The cause was tried by a jury and a verdict rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $2,500. Judgment was entered in accordance with said verdict. Defendants made a motion for a new trial. Said motion was denied and the defendants have appealed. The defendant Theodore Ruberg has died and the administrator of his estate has been substituted as one of the defendants.

It appears from a bill of exceptions that on ■ November 7, 1923, said defendants Theodore Ruberg and Elizabeth Ruberg leased to the plaintiff Kohos Feder the Globe Hotel in the city of Los Angeles for a term of five years. The rental price thereof was to be paid in monthly installments of $175, payable in advance. On the same day the plaintiff purchased from the defendants the furniture and equipment used in connection with said hotel, for the…