Hill v. Huston

This is an appeal by defendant John C. Huston from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Matthew Hill for possession of certain premises, entered upon the verdict of the jury, determining defendant to be guilty of withholding possession from plaintiff. This determination in the circuit court was upon an appeal from a like determination by a jury in the circuit court commissioner’s court.

The testimony discloses that Huston had been a lessee under a written lease of premises located at 1486 East Milwaukee avenue in Detroit, which contained 32 rooms, divided into housekeeping apartments. Defendant’s…