Andrews Land Co. v. Erie County Poor Directors

Barnett, P. J.,

forty-first judicial district, specially presiding,

This suit was instituted by plaintiff, a real estate company, to recover from defendant, the Directors of the Poor of Erie County, rents for various properties which were occupied by certain of the indigent poor of Erie County during the months of January, February, March, April, May and June of 1933. The claim for these rents is based on alleged oral agreements entered into between plaintiff and defendant. The testimony was to all intents and purposes undisputed.

In 1931 plaintiff threatened to evict certain of its tenants for…