Nass v. Garniss

This is an action of trespass and ejectment to recover possession of a certain tenement occupied by the defendant as a tenant of the plaintiff from month to month. The case is before this court upon the plaintiff’s exception to the ruling of the justice of the Superior Court who presided at the trial nonsuiting the plaintiff.

The plaintiff bases his claim of right to possession upon a written notice to vacate which he served upon the defendant for the purpose of terminating the tenancy.

Said notice was as follows:

“Newport, Rhode Island October 13th, 1920.

Mrs. Annie I. Garniss,

314 Broadway,…