Thaw v. Gaffney

Williams, Judge :

Judgment for plaintiff in an action of unlawful detainer and defendant brings error. The action was originally *230brought before a justice of the peace and from his judgment, rendered in favor of defendant, plaintiff appealed to the circuit court. The case was there tried by the court in lieu of a jury upon an agreed statement of facts, from which it appears that on the 14th November, 1892,' Eliza Williamson, owner of a life estate, and Oora L. Dils, owner of the remainder in fee, of a lot of ground in Sistersville, 90x115 feet, by writing under seal, leased it to J. W. and P.…