Payne Realty Co. v. Lindsey

Lively, Judge :

This writ of error was awarded to defendants (plaintiffs in error) from a judgment of the circuit court in an action of unlawful detainer, awarding to plaintiff (defendant in error) the possession of a lodge room on the third floor of a building in Welch and $320.00 damages for its detention.

Plaintiff, a corporation, owned a business building in the-city of Welch, and Judge Strother a stockholder and officer of the corporation had the building in charge for rental purposes. A room on the third floor becoming vacant, Judge-Strother authorized Blakely, a real estate agent, to…