Hackney v. Johnson

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

One of three individual lessees filed this suit against the landlord for damages for an alleged eviction. Trial was to a jury, and, based upon the verdict rendered, judgment for substantial damages was entered in favor of the lessee. The landlord appeals, complaining that a release of the lease executed by the two other tenants was binding against the claim of the Plaintiff, and that the Plaintiff’s claim was further barred when she introduced into evidence, without limitation, the Defendant’s first amended answer. We affirm.

The Defendant, John W. Hackney, was the owner…