Baker v. Kinnecom

This is an action in assumpsit for rent in which the defendant filed a plea in setoff. Following a verdict for the defendant, the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial was heard and denied. The case is before us solely on. plaintiff’s exception to this decision.

The plaintiff and the defendant were the only witnesses. It is undisputed that the defendant and his family occupied a tenement in a house on plaintiff’s farm- in Warwick for a period of eighteen months. The former testified that the stipulated rent was $15 a month, while the latter testified that such rent was $18 a month. At thé…