Patterson v. Baugh

In a dispossessory proceeding by alleged purchasers against a tenant of the preceding occupant and alleged owner of premises, in order to establish the relation of landlord and tenant between the purchasers and the tenant it is incumbent on the purchasers to prove title to the premises in themselves, and that the defendant is holding over’ and beyond his term, or that there was a contract of tenancy between the purchasers and the defendant tenant. In this ease the plaintiffs attempted to prove the- tenancy by showing title in them by deed from the former owner, the contract of tenancy between…