Coddington v. Andrews

This is an action in unlawful detainer originally instituted in a justice court of Caddo county by George T. Andrews, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against Martin Coddington, hereinafter referred to as defendant. The defendant did not contest the action in the justice court, but permitted judgment to be rendered in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant then took an appeal to the district court, where without filing any pleading in the action he defended under the claim of a vendee in possession under an executory contract of sale. The cause was tried to the court without the…