Griffeth v. Wilmore

On January 22, 1931, James Wilmore instituted dispossessory proceedings under section 5385 of the Civil Code against D. E. Griffeth, Mrs. Bessie Griffeth, and Miss Ella Sorrow, as tenants. The defendants arrested the proceedings by counter-affidavit, setting up that they did not hold the premises from the *97plaintiff or from any one under whom the plaintiff claims. They offered an amendment to the counter-affidavit, in which they set up in substance that they were not tenants of the plaintiff, did not owe him any rent, and were not holding possession by lease, as tenants at will or by…