Iorio v. Donnelly

This is an action of contract in which the plaintiff seeks recovery for rent and for the fair value of the use and occupancy of the plaintiff’s roof for the displaying of advertising signs for the period of November 1, 1958 to the date of the writ, *190December 16, 1959. The defendants pleaded a general denial and specifically denied that they owed the plaintiff the sums of money set out in the plaintiff’s declaration.

At the trial there was evidence tending to show that the roof upon which the advertising was displayed is on a one-story building on a site of about 8,500 square feet of land at the…