Bagby v. Hodge

Suit by appellant against appellees for $4,750 actual and $4,-750 exemplary damages for illegally and forcibly ejecting appellant from premises which appellant held under lease from appellees. The appeal is from a judgment of dismissal, upon appellant’s refusal to amend after the court had sustained general demurrer to his petition.

Appellees contend that the general demurrer was properly sustained because the petition failed in the following two respects to allege a cause of action:(1) Because it alleged that appellant agreed to pay $30 a month rent for the premises, and there was no…