Lewis v. Havens
Supreme Court of Connecticut
General assumpsit for use and occupation of leased premises ; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County, by appeal from a justice of the peace, and tried to the jury, on the general issue, before Brewster, J. Upon the trial the plaintiff offered evidence to prove, and claimed to have proved, that on October 2d, 1871, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, the defendant made a parol contract with liim to hire three rooms, belonging to him on Main street, in Bridgeport,…
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General assumpsit for use and occupation of leased premises ; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County, by appeal from a justice of the peace, and tried to the jury, on the general issue, before Brewster, J. Upon the trial the plaintiff offered evidence to prove, and claimed to have proved, that on October 2d, 1871, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, the defendant made a parol contract with liim to hire three rooms, belonging to him on Main street, in Bridgeport, at §25 per month; that she then stated to him that she would send a woman there at once to clean the rooms ; that soon…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
It was a material question in this case whether the defendant took actual possession or not of the rooms which the plaintiff blaimed to have leased to her. The plaintiff claimed, and offered evidence tending to prove, that she occupied the rooms through one Mrs. Husted, who cleaned them some time in the afternoon of the day they were claimed to be rented to the defendant. The defendant insisted that she made no arrangement with Mrs. Husted to clean the rooms, but that one Mrs. Light engaged her to do the work, and paid her for the same ; and offered herself and Mrs. Light as witnesses to…
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