Werth v. Nolan

CAYTON, Associate Judge.

This was a suit for rent in the sum of $712.50 by Robert W. Werth and six others against William J. Nolan. The trial judge disallowed recovery on two grounds: (1) that the plaintiffs had no right to maintain the suit and (2) that the defendant was not personally liable but that liability rested upon M. S. Nolan, Inc., a corporation. Plaintiffs appeal and assign both rulings as error.

I. These plaintiffs had previously taken a lease from the owners of the property. The property had been occupied by the Home Loan and Savings Association, a corporation, and the rent paid…