Flint v. Sweeney
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, George J. Flint, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of St. Paul, Twohy, J., entered November 19, 1891. On October 3, 1890, plaintiff rented to defendant Ellen Sweeney a house and lot in St. Paul for one month, and from month to month thereafter, for $50 per month. She and her husband, Edward Sweeney, entered, and she kept a boarding house, and remained in possession until July 7, 1891, and then removed.
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Appeal by plaintiff, George J. Flint, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of St. Paul, Twohy, J., entered November 19, 1891. On October 3, 1890, plaintiff rented to defendant Ellen Sweeney a house and lot in St. Paul for one month, and from month to month thereafter, for $50 per month. She and her husband, Edward Sweeney, entered, and she kept a boarding house, and remained in possession until July 7, 1891, and then removed. She paid the rent to July 3d, but refused to pay more, claiming the roof leaked so that the house was untenantable. Plaintiff began this suit in August,…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderbuRGh, J.
The evidence shows that the defendant Ellen Sweeney entered into possession of the premises in question, being a house and lot in the city of St. Paul, as a tenant from month to •month of plaintiff, on the 3d day of October, 1890. She remained in possession and paid the rent agreed on between them to July 3d. •She thereafter continued in possession until July 7, 1891, when she moved out, without the knowledge or consent of the plaintiff. In respect to the abandonment of the premises by her as tenant before the •expiration of the current month the court finds that she was justified in so…
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