Action by the plaintiff for an alleged unlawful detainer by the defendants of a building in the city of Butte, described as No. 117 East Park Street, and for damages for its detention. *497The complaint alléges that on the ——• day of December, 1912, Geoffrey Lavell, the owner thereof, leased the building to the plaintiff for a term of one year, beginning on January 1, 1913, and ending December 31, 1913, at a rental of $1,200 for the term, payable monthly in installments of $100 per month; that in December, 1911, Lavell had leased the premises to one George Charpentier for a term beginning on January 1, 1912, and ending on December 31, 1912; that Charpentier held possession under this lease until February, 1912; that he then sold the saloon business conducted by him in the building and assigned the lease to the defendant Rouleau, who, together with the defendant Tetreault, thereafter held possession of the premises and paid the stipulated rental to Lavell; that on November 29 and 30 he caused to be served upon the defendants Rouleau and Tetreault the following notice in writing: “You and each of you are hereby notified by Geoffrey Lavell, the undersigned and the owner of those certain premises now occupied by you and used in the conduct of a saloon therein and designated and numbered 117 East Park Street, Butte, Montana, that he has granted a lease on said premises to the Centennial Brewing Company, a corporation, for the term of one year, with the privilege of two years, commencing on January 1, 1913, and the undersigned therefore hereby notifies you that your hiring of said premises will cease and terminate on December 31, 1912, and that commencing with January 1, 1913, the said Centennial Brewing Company will be entitled to enter into possession thereof under the lease aforesaid, as to all of which you will take due and timely notice and act accordingly”; “that notwithstanding the termination of the said Charpentier lease 'on December 31, 1912, under and by virtue of which the defendants held possession of said premises, they still continue in possession, thereof, and have refused and still refuse, to recognize the right of plaintiff to possession thereof, and during all of the time since the commencement of the plaintiff’s lease have failed and refused to surrender possession of said premises to the plaintiff, by reason whereof the plaintiff has been damaged *498in the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars, and that the plaintiff will continue to suffer damage in the sum of $100 per month for each and every month that the said defendants continue in possession of said premises.”