Granquist v. McKean

This action was commenced for the purpose of recovering possession of real property and for a judgment for rent due thereon.

The complaint stated that the defendant was in possession as a tenant, had failed to pay rent for a period of twenty-nine months, and had refused to either pay the rent or surrender possession of the property.

In her answer, defendant admitted possession of the premises, denied that she was a tenant of plaintiffs, and then alleged in a “counterclaim and affirmative defense,” in substance, that, in 1937, she and plaintiffs had entered into an oral agreement by the terms of…