Pappas v. General Market Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered November 21, 1917, granting a new trial, after the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff by direction of the court, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for the unlawful eviction of respondent from a stall, known as stall No. 106, in the Westlake Public Market, in the city of Seattle.
Respondent held under a lease executed on the 12th day of October, 1916, for a term of one year commencing November 1, 1916. The lease was not witnessed or acknowledged. In April, 1917, appellant gave notice to quit, which being ignored by respondent, it removed his goods, fixtures, cash register and scales and stored them in another part of the building. It then notified respondent “to remove at once the fruit and other…
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