Deaton v. Johnson

F. E. Deaton filed a dispossessory warrant against Mrs. Samuel Johnson the grounds of which were that Mrs. Johnson was in default in the payment of rent and was holding over beyond her term. The court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff lessor excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial. The evidence showed without dispute substantially as follows: The original lease was between F. E. Deaton, lessor, and Harry Springer, lessee, dated October 21, 1943; paragraph “a” of the lease is as. follows: “That the party of the first part rents and leases to the party of the…