Sullivan v. Hobbs

The plaintiff in the court below (appellee here) brought suit against defendant (appellant here) as executor of the estate of H. B. Sullivan, deceased, claiming for unpaid rent of certain business property in Selma, Ala., demised by plaintiff to defendant’s intestate on September 15, 1914, for a period of one year and a holding over under the demise' by the tenant until May 31, 1919. There was also a count claiming for use and occupation of the same premises. To these counts the defendant pleaded': First, the general issue; second, payment; and, third, the statutes of limitation of three and…