Deal v. Jones

GIBSON, V. C. J.

This action was instituted in the court of common pleas by the owners of certain premises against their tenants to recover monthly rentals allegedly due under a written lease contract. Judgment was for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.

On order of the court defendant assumed the burden of proof. The appeal charges error in sustaining a demurrer to his evidence.

According to the petition the parties entered into a written lease contract under date of November 18, 1931, whereby plaintiffs leased the premises in question to defendant for a period ending March 27, 1944, to be used…