Lessee v. Lessor: Validity of Notice to Vacate Without Written Rent Receipt

A lessee, having entered into a lease agreement, challenged the validity of a notice to vacate based on the lessor's claim of non-payment of rent, asserting that the rent had actually been paid in cash, but without obtaining a written receipt as stipulated in the lease. The court upheld the decision of the lower court, ruling that since the lease explicitly required a written receipt for cash payments to be valid proof of payment, the absence of such a receipt rendered the lessee's claim of payment unprovable against the lessor, thereby validating the notice to vacate based on non-payment.