Utter v. Nelligan

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Tompkins county court in favor of the plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, made upon the minutes of the trial judge. The action was originally commenced in a justice’s court to recover rent for the use of a house and lot owned by the plaintiff. The trial in justice’s court resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff for $19.50 and costs. The defendant appealed to the county court for a new trial, which resulted in a direction of a verdict for the plaintiff for the same amount, with costs. The defendant rented the plaintiff’s house of Joseph…