Likas v. . Lackey

The parties signed a paper-writing purporting to be a lease from the defendants to the plaintiffs for a storehouse in Hamlet. The plaintiffs brought suit to recover damages for the defendants' breach of the contract in failing to give possession of the property. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The case was first tried at the February term and resulted in a verdict for the defendants. Without assigning any reason at the time, the court of its own motion set aside the verdict, and the defendants excepted and appealed. The case on appeal was duly served, and there was no exception…