American Oil Co. v. Cox

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne'.

This case, which involves the dispossession of tenants holding over after the alleged expiration of their lease, originated in a magistrate’s Court for Richland County, and resulted in a verdict for the respondent by direction of the Court. Upon appeal being taken to the Court of Common Pleas, the judgment of the magistrate was affirmed in a formal order. From this order the appellants appeal to this Court, upon several exceptions.

It appears from the record that the respondent entered into a written lease with the appellants,…