Judd v. Ladd

The court after reviewing the evidence, charged the jury in substance as follows:

The plaintiff, gentlemen of the jury, upon proof of the lease and assignment, has made out a prima facie case, and the onus is upon the defendants to show either that they are not bound to pay the rent, or that it has been paid, or is not yet due.

To do this, the defendants have taken several points, and urged them with considerable force. Let us now examine them, and see whether they be good or no. First, they contend that the main consideration of this assignment is for services rendered while plaintiff was a…