Parish
Parish v. Studebaker
Opinion
Lead Opinion
James, J.
Plaintiff brought this action to secure judgment of ejectment against the defendants; to recover certain specified rents, and to recover damages for the alleged unlawful withholding of the real property. The court made findings awarding plaintiff a money judgment, declined to make a judgment for the possession of the premises because at the time of the trial it appeared that such possession had been surrendered to the plaintiff, and, further, upon a cross-complaint and supplemental cross-complaint, allowed judgment to the defendants for a sum in excess of that demanded by the plaintiff. It is from this judgment upon the alleged cross-complaint, and from an order denying the plaintiff’s motion to vacate the judgment and enter a different judgment on the findings, that the appeal is taken.
The plaintiff, prior to the commencement of her action, had leased to defendant Studebaker one-half of a storeroom on a business street in the city of Los Angeles. The rental agreed to be paid under the written lease was the sum of $800 per month. The rental which became due on the 1st of July, 1917, for that month was not paid, and on July 13th plaintiff demanded payment thereof and gave notice…