Southern Pacific Co. v. Swanson

PRESTON, J., pro tem.

The plaintiff, Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, brought this action to recover from defendant, Elsie Ann Swanson, $1,350, alleged to be due it as rent for a certain store building at 36 Steuart Street, San Francisco. The case was tried by the court without a jury, and at the conclusion of plaintiff’s case, defendant made a motion for a nonsuit, which was granted. Judgment for defendant followed; from this judgment the plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

The facts developed at the trial are these: In August, 1917, Charles J. Swanson, the husband of the defendant,…