Ancona Printing Co. v. Welsbach Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bergen, J.

This action was brought against á tenant to recover double the yearly value of the demised premises for a period during which, it is alleged, the tenant willfully held *205possession after the expiration of its term, and is based on section 27 of our statute, entitled “An act concerning landlords and tenants” (Comp. Stat., p. 3065), which enacts that if any tenancy for any term of life or lives, year or years, or those who shall come into possession under, or by collusion with any such tenants, shall willfully hold over after the determination of…