Pringle

This is an appeal upon the judgment-roll. A judgment was rendered against defendants Wade and Mason for the amount of rent which they had collected from subtenants of real property belonging to the plaintiff.

The facts are complex and we quote from the findings of the court only those which are pertinent upon this appeal. On June 22, 1909, the owners of a certain two-story and basement building, situated at Eddy and Market Streets, San Francisco, California, entered into a lease of the same to William B. Pringle. By mesne conveyances the present plaintiff acquired the fee-simple title to the property and has been the owner of the same ever since November, 1913. The following rights attached to the interest of the lessee, Pringle: Pringle leased to D. D. Oliphant, which lease expired on June 22, 1919; Oliphant' leased to James Hansen, which lease expired on June 21, 1919; Hansen leased to Fred Sturm and Kate Mason, which lease expired on February 21, 1919. Sturm, subsequently, transferred his interest to defendant Wade. During all of this time, portions of the premises were in the actual occupation of various subtenants, and at the times with which this action is concerned these…