150 P. 266 | Or. | 1915
delivered the opinion of the court.
Testimony to the effect that the storeroom leased to the plaintiff is known as room 4, and also No. 144 Broadway, a certified copy of a complaint, and a certified copy of an order adjudging Farrell to be in default in an action at law wherein the Eilers Music House appears as plaintiff and R. E. Farrell is named as defendant constitute all the evidence offered by plaintiff. The certified copy of a complaint discloses that the Eilers Music House sought to recover $500 from R, E. Farrell on two causes of action, one of
“That we permitted Farrell to occupy or go in there from day to day, with the understanding that he must get out as soon as the other man would return.”
The contention of plaintiff proceeds upon the theory that evidence of a reletting by the corporation is enough to warrant a finding that the lease was terminated, and that therefore he is entitled to recover the deposit less the amount of rental due on October 7th, when the reletting occurred; and the position of defendant is that proof of a reletting does not justify a finding that the agreement of lease was constructively or otherwise ended. The plaintiff does not allege a technical surrender of the premises, nor does he claim that defendant agreed to release him, but he rests his right to recover upon the allegation that the ‘ ‘ defendant on the 7th day of October, 1913, elected to and did declare the said lease forfeited, and rented the same to one E. E. Farrell.” The reason for the leasing to Farrell does not appear, except as detailed in the answer,
The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded for a new trial. Reversed and Remanded. -