State Ex Rel. Hillman v. Hutchins

A defendant, sued as a tenant at sufferance in a landlord and tenant removal proceeding instituted against him under Sections 5407-5417 C. G. L., 3543-3553 R. G. S., filed an affidavit of defense, denying that he, said defendant, was a tenant at sufferance, and setting forth that the plaintiff had made a certain written contract of lease with him, simultaneously therewith executing a separate contract, consisting of an option to purchase the property for $38,752.00, in pursuance of which aforesaid documents he, said defendant, had entered into possession of the property and while in…