Browder v. Phinney

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbab, J.

This is an action for damages for wrongful and forcible eviction from leased premises. Plaintiffs obtained from the defendant, on the 31st day of August, 1899, a contract or lease of two store rooms in Seattle, described, for a term of three years, with stipulated rent, which contract or lease was signed by defendant, Nellie Phinney, through her agent, Daniel Jones, and delivered to plaintiffs. Plainti^s alleged that they were put in possession of said premises hy defendant on October 1, 1899; that they paid rent therefor for the months of…