Fett v. Sligo Hills Development Corp.

In an ejectment suit tried by the court without a jury, Judge Shure awarded the plaintiff, Sligo Hills Development Corp., the owner of a dwelling house in Montgomery County, a judgment for immediate possession of the house and damages of $9,450.00 (its rental value of $175.00 a month for fifty-four months) against its occupants, Mrs. Fett, a widow, and her four minor children. Their appeal from the judgment against them followed.

The pleas of the Fetts were not guilty and a plea on equitable grounds, alleging they were entitled to possession as “the heirs at law” of Herbert Fett, the late…