Lane v. Young
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from Cattaraugus county court-. Action in a justice’s court by .Joanna Lane against Peter A. Young and others for rent. From a judgment of the county court reversing a judgment of the justice dismissing the complaint, defendants appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The action was for rent. Issue was joined in the justice’s court by written pleadings. The complaint alleged that one John S. Lane, in his lifetime, rented the premises to the defendants at a monthly rental, which they agreed to pay in advance, on the 1st day of each month, from August 1, 1889; that on the 3d day of November, 1889, the lessor died intestate, leaving the plaintiff, his-only heir at law; that since his death the defendants had paid the rent accruing, to the plaintiff, except the balance due, for which this action was brought. The answer was a general denial and a plea of…
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