Longenecker v. Hardin

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment in the amount of $355 and costs against defendants for past due rent. Defendants appeal, and contend that the court erred in striking their two affirmative defenses.

On October 26, 1967, the parties executed a lease for the rental of an apartment from November 1, 1967, through October 31,1968, for $115 a month.

In the latter part of April, 1968, plaintiff initiated a forcible entry and detainer action against defendants for possession of the apartment and on May 10, 1968, the court entered judgment for…