Hughes v. Pallas

This is an action in ejectment against Pallas, the lessee, after notice of forfeiture for the nonpayment of rent at the time designated in the lease, also for the use of the premises for purposes alleged to he inhibited by its express terms. Defendant Jones, as assignee of the lease, intervened. At the conclusion of the evidence the court directed a verdict for the defendant in error. The plaintiff in error comes here to review the judgment entered on the verdict.

Defendant in error, Pallas, leased the premises from Thomas Hughes, now deceased, the father of the plaintiff in error, for five…