Makarewicz v. Nowicki

Plaintiff, bringing an action in forcible detainer, upon trial by the court had judgment for possession, from which defendant appeals. The joint relations of plaintiff and defendant with reference to the purchase and occupancy of the property in question are presented as matters of defense, but plaintiff asserts an oral lease to defendant and invokes the well-known rule that in an action of this sort the defendant cannot question the title of his landlord. This seems to have been the view of the trial court, and judgment for plaintiff followed accordingly.

The facts adduced by defendant, and…