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- Title: Butler v. Allen
- Author : Second Appellate District, Division Two District Court Of Appeal Of California
- Release Date : January 08, 1946
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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Appellant is the owner of five apartment houses in the city of Los Angeles, in one of which respondent, a cultured, elderly lady professionally trained as a business librarian, had been a tenant for five years. During that time she had usually paid her rent on or before the third of the month. On several occasions she paid as late as the fifth or eighth. Appellant had always accepted the rent whenever tendered without objection as to time of payment until the occurrence which gave rise to this action. On March 2, 1944, respondent went to the desk where she had been accustomed to paying her rent and an employee of defendant in charge of the desk refused to accept payment stating that appellant wished to see her. She immediately repaired to appellants apartment and he said that he did not have time to talk to her. On March 3d she again offered to pay another of appellants employees then at the desk, who stated that she had been instructed by appellant not to accept the rent. On the evening of March 4th, at respondents request, the night clerk called appellant on the telephone and asked him to come to the office so that she might pay him, but appellant refused to do so. On March 7th respondent procured a postoffice money order for the amount of the rent and had a letter written and an envelope addressed to appellant by a stenographer who resided in the same apartment house, enclosed the letter with