Nance v. Alexander

The appellee sued the appellant, to recover for the use and occupation of a house for two years, demanding judgment for four hundred dollars.

Answer of general denial; trial by the court, finding for the plaintiff, and, over a motion for a new trial, judgment on the finding for two hundred dollars.

The only question in the case is as to the sufficiency of the evidence, under the law, to sustain the finding and judgment. ~We set out the whole evidence. The plaintiff testified:

“ I am the owner of the buildings on lot number 227, in the city of Jeffersonville; the houses are built on leased…