Porter v. Wolfe

Corson, J.,

The plaintiff below brought suit to recover from the defendant rent alleged to be due from the defendant as a tenant of the plaintiff, in an amount less than $300.

From the record it would appear that after service the defendant filed an affidavit that the cause of action arose from a real contract in which the title of real estate might, and would, come into question.

The defendant below did not appear at the hearing and apparently the magistrate gave judgment in favor of the plaintiff. Defendant below thereupon issued the present writ of certiorari and filed exceptions to the…