Stevenson v. Allen

By the following statement in their brief on file in this court, counsel for the defendants have narrowed the questions posed by their assignment of error upon the overruling of their demurrers to one: “The sole question for decision by this court is whether . . . [the plaintiff] had a legal right to sue out a.n attachment against . . . [the defendants], there being no rent due and the lease under which . . . [the defendants] occupied the premises being for more than five years duration.”

By the terms of the lease itself, only a usufruct was granted the original lessee: “This contract shall…