Galizia v. Tardino

Satterthwaite, J.,

This is a landlord-tenant case in which an action to recover possession of the demised premises before a justice of the peace has been removed to this court by certiorari. On the record before the justice of the peace, we believe these proceedings are fatally defective and must be dismissed.

The landlords’ complaint averred a written lease for the term of one year from March 12, 1947, rent to be *192paid monthly at the rate of $50 per month, and claimed possession on two specified grounds: (1) That the term was ended, and (2) that a forfeiture resulted by reason of a breach of…