Maatta v. Kippola

This is a summary proceeding to recover possession of real estate. The facts were agreed to on the trial before a jury in the court below as follows:

For two years and upwards prior to December 21, 1891, the defendant was a tenant at will of the Hungarian Copper Company, and occupied the lands in question as such tenant at will, and at an annual rent of $100. During the time defendant so occupied said lands as tenant at will under the said Hungarian Copper Company, he, the defendant, built the house mentioned and described in the complaint, and from the time he so built said house he and his…