Hill v. Robinson

This cause originated in a justice’s court, where Hill sued defendants in error to recover an amount claimed by him to be due and unpaid upon a lease made by him to them, for a barn and office in Ann Arbor, from June 1, 1867, to May 1, 1869, at twenty-five dollars per month. The material defense, as stated in a notice attached to the general issue, was, in substance, that the premises were in untenantable condition, and that Hill agreed to put them in *26■suitable repair, but failed to do so, and that defendants surrendered and abandoned the lease and premises, with the assent and acquiescence…