(Ordered to vacate)
Shanghai, Jan, 1 'A landlord's treatment of his tenant was praised by Judge P. Grant Jones In ili, M. Supreme Court yesterday during the hearing of a claim for possession of premises. "The landlord, whose claim it was, was Mr. Boris Krivoss and the defendant was his tenant, Mr. Revel Joseph Hayward.
Mr. Krivoss claimed possession of premises occupied by the defendant after the expiration of a six months' Tease which ran from May 1, 1939, Two letters from Mr. Krivoss to the defendant were produced. In the first one he gave Mr. Hayward the option of staying on at an increased rental and in the second missive he refused to renew the lease, Defendant explained that he had already submitted to judgment for rent due for several months in 1039 and that he had written a letter to Mr. Krivoss explaining why he could not get out of the house. He objected to the increase in rent, he told the Judge, who replied, "By which, Tam afraid, we are all victimized."
During the hostilities in Shanghai, defendant explained, he had been in business on his own and had experi enced a very bad time with the re-that he had fallen behind He produced rent and. these showed
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