Gregory v. Lee
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for rent of a leased room, brought before a justice of the peace in the town of New Haven and thence by the defendant’s appeal to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, where the case was tried to the court, Studley, J., upon the defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s reply; the court sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed for the alleged error of the court in sustaining the demurrer.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
The complaint in this case alleges that on the first of June, 1892, the defendant, being a student in Yale College, entered into a contract with the plaintiff by which he leased a room for the ensuing college year of forty weeks, at an agreed rate of ten dollars per week, payable weekly, and immediately entered into possession of said room, and has neglected and refused to pay the rent of said room for the ten weeks ending February 7th, 1893.
The answer in substance is as follows:—
On or about September 15fch, 1892, the defendant agreed to lease a room in the house of the plaintiff for the…
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