Kirk v. Eastern Coal Corporation

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Fulton

Affirming.

This appeal is from a judgment finding the appellant, Hanson Kirk, guilty of the forcible detainer of a house and lot owned by the appellee, Eastern Coal Corporation, which the appellant occupied as tenant.

The appellee is engaged in the business of mining coal and owns a number of houses which it rents to its employees. Appellant, who was an employee of appellee, became the tenant of the Company on May 1, 1937, under a written lease providing for the payment of $10.50 monthly rental. It was provided in the lease that the tenancy created thereby was…