Beveridge v. Simmerville

1. Upon the trial of an issue formed upon a summary proceeding under the Civil Code (1910), § 5385, by a landlord to dispossess his tenant for failure to pay rent, where judgment goes against the tenant, the landlord is entitled to recover double the rent reserved or stipulated to be paid, unless the tenant was one at will or sufferenee; in either of which latter events the landlord is entitled to recover double what the rent of the premises is shown to be worth.

2. Where upon the trial of such an issue there was evidence authorizing the inference that the rental contract was in parol and for…