Aitkin Lodge No. 164 I. O. O. F. v. Troppman & Singer

Ejectment, wherein defendants appeal from an order striking their answer as sham.

Plaintiff sues as the owner of a store property in Aitkin. The complaint alleges plaintiff’s ownership, right to possession and wrongful detention by defendants, who are sued as copartners. The answer admits the ownership of plaintiff, possession by defendants, and denies the other allegations of the complaint.

Supporting the motion to strike the answer are affidavits which show that defendants hold under an oral lease from month to month made July 21, 1927, and that April 19, 1929, plaintiff served on defendants…