Stevenson v. Lewis

PHELPS, ’ Judge

Ad Hoc. Both parties ito this suit are colored persons. Plaintiff, Edwarda Julia Stevenson, and her husband occupied a house of defendant, Charles J. Lewis, on a month-to-month lease. The rent was payable in advance on the 27th of each month. On June 15, 1925, at which time the rent for May and June appears to have been unpaid, defendant notified plaintiff’s husband to vacate the premises. He complied with this demand by moving out two days later. In the process of moving a chandelier globe, a strip of plaster about two inches wide, and a window pane were broken. The total…