Leite v. Croveiro

This is an action of trespass and ejectment brought to recover the possession of a certain tenement which the defendant held of the plaintiffs from month to month. The suit was originally commenced in the district court of the sixth judicial district, where a decision was rendered for the plaintiffs for possession and costs. The defendant claimed a jury trial and the case was tried in the Superior Court, where at the conclusion of the testimony each of the parties moved for the direction of a verdict. The court directed a verdict for the plaintiffs, and to this direction and to the refusal of…