Dean v. Hill

JACKSON, Judge.

On 12 January 2004, the trial court granted plaintiffs motion for directed verdict and dismissed plaintiffs complaint for summary ejectment. Specifically, the trial court concluded as a matter of law that defendant surrendered the leasehold to plaintiff, that the action for summary ejectment is now moot, and that “despite the findings of fact, . . . defendant did not allege specific enough damages in his counterclaim for the court to grant relief.” Defendant now appeals.

In March 2003, plaintiff and defendant entered into an oral lease agreement to rent a mobile home (“the…