Capital Garage Co. v. Powell

This is a tort action supplemental to the ejectment suit between the same parties (Capital Garage Co. v. Powell, 97 Vt. 204, 322 Atl. 423), and is brought to recover the damages occasioned by being deprived of the use and occupation of the garage in question from November 22, 1922, to October 18, 1923, during which time it was admitted that the plaintiff was wrongfully excluded by the defendant. The actual occupant of the premises during this time was Leo Johnson, who carried on therein a car-selling and garage business. He was called as a witness, and testified that the amount of garage…