Haupt v. Pittaluga

JUDGE HARDIN

delivered the opinion op the court.

The appellant, being the assignee and holder of a lease from the appellee for a term of five years, to expire in October, 1864, of a house and lot in the city of Louisville, subleased the premises to Joseph Burge in December. 1867, and the appellee shortly thereafter proceeded to dispossess Burge by a writ of forcible detainer, upon which an inquisition was found for the plaintiff, which Burge traversed; and, pending this litigation, Burge entered into an agreement with the appellant, from whom he acquired *494the possession, to restore the same to…