Huntington v. Parkhurst

Champlin, 0. J.

This action was commenced before a justice of the peace to recover for the use and occupation of certain premises before then claimed to have been leased by the plaintiff to the defendant. The plaintiff had judgment before the justice, and the case was appealed to the circuit court, and there, after hearing the testimony, the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff.

We quote, with a few amendments, the statement of facts taken from the supplemental brief of counsel for defendant, namely:

The plaintiff was the owner of a store building, in which was contained a stock of goods…