Winitt v. Winitt

This is a Forcible Detainer action by the sole heir of a deceased owner of a building to gain possession of an apartment occupied by a former wife of the plaintiff’s father. Trial without a jury resulted in the finding and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant has appealed.

Plaintiff’s father bought the building June 1, 1948, and died October 21, 1948, leaving plaintiff as sole heir. The father had been divorced when he married defendant in June 1936. She divorced him in October 1936. Thereafter she resumed living with him as his companion and was living with him in the apartment when he died.…