Maywood v. Logan

This is an action of assumpsit to recover rent of premises leased to defendant for a dwelling-house and home for his family. Defendant occupied the premises from May 11 to October 13, 1888, under a verbal agreement to pay seven dollars per month. He paid no part of the rent, but on the trial defended upon the ground that the well of water situated there, which his family used, was polluted by the carcass of a dead dog, so that his family became sick, and that he was put to expense in earing for them, for services of physicians, nurses, etc. These damages defendant claimed the right to recoup…