Horton v. Roy

Defendant, a competitor with plaintiffs in business, bought from its owner the store building they and their predecessors have for many years occupied, and asserting.them to be tenants from month to month has instituted summary proceedings before a justice of the peace to remove them therefrom. Plaintiffs appeared in that proceeding and answered; they now bring this action in equity, alleging that they hold possession of the premises in question as assignees of a five-year lease, having nearly four years yet to run, but which was by one of their assignors, without consideration and without…