Kent v. Jefferson Mortgage Co.

1. This was a suit to enjoin eviction of the plaintiff under a dispossessory warrant issued against him as a tenant holding over. It was agreed upon the trial that the only issue for determination was whether the relation of landlord and tenant existed between the plaintiff and the defendant company at the time the warrant was issued; it being contended by the plaintiff that the contract on which the relationship depended was procured by fraud and duress on the part of that defendant, which contended that the plaintiff had read and understood the terms of the contract, and that it was…