Bruder v. Wolpert

After a directed verdict for defendant, plaintiff appeals from the order denying her motion for a new trial.

The action is for rent claimed to have accrued under an oral lease of a residence. It did not appear from the complaint that the alleged'lease was for more than one year. The evidence for plaintiff is that in August of 1927 the parties made an oral agreement that defendant “was to rent the property” until September 6, 1928, when plaintiff expected to lose title by reason of the expiration of the year of redemption from a foreclosure and her failure to redeem. Defendant denies that…