Penny v. Quinn
Penny v. Quinn
Opinion of the Court
On the 18th.of September, 1914, the appellants rented from appellee, by written lease, one room on the first floor of a certain building in Mobile, Ala., together with the privilege of using a certain alley- adjoining as a kitchen, for the purpose .of conducting a restaurant, appellants to do all repairs. There was a clause in said lease providing that:
“In case the house should be destroyed or become untenantable by fire, rent to cease from said date.”
On March 29, 1915, a fire occurred on the premises, which burned a hole in the partition, the plaintiff claiming such hole to be 12 inches long and about 6 inches wide, the deféndants claiming that the hole was larger, that a door was broken in, and that the gas stove used in connection with the business was put out of commission. Upon the agents of the owner refusing to repair the damage at once, appellants paid the rent due to that day, removed from the premises, and refused to pay the remainder of the rent called for by the contract.
We find no error in the record, and the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.
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