Commissioners to Manage Yosemite Valley & Mariposa Big Tree Grove v. Barnard

Action of unlawful detainer. The complaint contains the ordinary allegations in an action of unlawful detainer brought by a landlord against his tenant, who continues in possession against the will of the landlord after the expiration of the term. The defendant made no denial of these allegations, except that he denied that the term for which the premises were demised had expired, or that he held over contrary to the terms of the lease. He pleaded, however, as a separate defense to the action, that he signed the lease set forth in the complaint, but that that portion thereof fixing the term…