Johnson v. Thomas

Plaintiff filed a complaint November 2, 1962, alleging that on February 2, 1962, she had been bitten by a rat at the premises she occupied under an oral tenancy by the month from the defendant. She alleged that the defendant failed to eradicate vermin from the premises and keep the premises in repair, resulting in alleged damages. The defendant filed an answer on December 7, 1962, admitting that the plaintiff was residing in the premises on a verbal month-to-month lease at the time of the alleged occurrence, and denying all the other allegations of the complaint. On December 17, 1962, the…