Evans v. Murphy
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County (Sloan, J.) At the trial the following prayers offered by the plaintiff were granted: 1st. If the jury find from the evidence in the case that, on the 6th day of February, 1897, the plaintiff was the tenant of the defendant of a portion of the ground floor of a building in Lonaconing, known as the “ Town Hall,” owned by the defendant, comprising one store-room and several dwelling-rooms on said floor, and, as such tenant has…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County (Sloan, J.) At the trial the following prayers offered by the plaintiff were granted: 1st. If the jury find from the evidence in the case that, on the 6th day of February, 1897, the plaintiff was the tenant of the defendant of a portion of the ground floor of a building in Lonaconing, known as the “ Town Hall,” owned by the defendant, comprising one store-room and several dwelling-rooms on said floor, and, as such tenant has the right to occupy said rooms, as such store and dwelling-rooms, to the first day of April, 1897 ; and that the second…
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
This suit was instituted by the appellee to recover dam*501ages for injury to his property and business, occasioned, it is alleged, by the careless conduct of the appellant.
The appellant was the owner of a building situate in the town of Lonaconing, two stories in height, and divided on the first floor into several rooms, with a large hall covering the entire upper floor. The appellee was the tenant of one of the lower rooms, which was used by him as a storeroom for the storage and sale of merchandize, such as is usually kept in a country store. His tenancy was from year to year, beginning from…
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