Wooley v. Lane

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

This writ of certiorari removes into this court the summary proceedings brought by the defendant to dispossess the prosecutor of the premises described in the proceedings.

The affidavit, upon which the jurisdiction of the justice rests, states that Mary Jane Wooley is in possession of said premises, and that she has had and occupied them from November 11th, 1864, “as the tenant at will of deponent [the defendant in certiorari'], without any special agreement between them for the termination of said possession.” The affidavit, it will be…