Nott v. Klein

This is an appeal from a judgment of the City Court of the City of Long Beach. The plaintiff as landlord sued his tenant, the defendant, for $52.50, rent due pursuant to a written lease between the parties on July 15, 1935. The action was commenced by the service of a summons upon the defendant, in response to which the defendant appeared by his attorney. The complaint was oral. The defendant pleaded a general denial, eviction, actual or constructive, breach of contract, breach of .covenant of quiet enjoyment, and two counterclaims, one of $275 for breach of contract, and another for $52.50…