Vickery v. Kaiser

ELLETT, Justice:

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment awarding him $60 damages in a forcible entry case. (The award actually was $20 which, pursuant to Section 78-36-10, U.C. A. 1953, was trebled.)

The plaintiff was a tenant of defendants Kaiser. He failed to pay rent, whereupon the Kaisers placed a lock upon the door of plaintiff’s apartment. Plaintiff then sued for damages and restoration of the apartment, together with punitive damages.

Section 78-36-8 of the Utah Code provides for a shortening of time to answer in cases of forcible entry and unlawful detainer; and pursuant thereto, the…