Brown

We are constrained to open this opinion with the statement that, after patiently examining the 176 pages of the appellant’s brief, we are unable to form a clear idea therefrom of the essential facts of this case or the legal points upon which the appellant relies for a reversal of the judgment. We have, therefore, gone directly to the record, and from an examination of the pleadings, findings, judgment, and the evidence, we have abstracted the complicated facts upon which the cause must be determined, and endeavored to clear up the legal questions which seem to arise therefrom.

The purpose of the action is to obtain possession of the Morris Hotel property of the city of Los Angeles. The complaint contains two counts,-—the first in ejectment, "the second - upon an unlawful detainer. Prom the elaborate findings in the case, it appears that the trial court based its judgment upon the following facts:

Plaintiff is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Utah. On October 30, 1914, defendant Edna A. Brown and one Howard entered into an agreement, in writing, by which Howard purported to lease to the defendant Brown a certain hotel building to be erected on a lot…