Kean v. Kolkschneider

This was a landlord’s summons for rent and possession. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that the plaintiff had leased the premises to the defendant for a term of years by a written lease containing the usual covenants; that the defendant had paid one month’s rent; that a portion of the premises was occupied by one Gfionochio, a former tenant of the plaintiff; that the defendant had agreed to accept and deal with Gfionochio as his own tenant, and that he had accepted that portion of the premises which was vacated in lieu of the whole.' The defendant’s evidence tended to show that he…