Elliott v. Crawford

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

A landlord sued a former tenant of rooming house property, claiming rent for a thirteen-month period running from January 1954 through January 1955. Defendant answered that she had vacated the premises in December 1953, and also counterclaimed for the value of improvements she had made on the property and for the value of personal property she said plaintiff had converted to his own use.

In detailed and comprehensive findings of fact the trial judge found, among other things, that plaintiff had accepted surrender of the premises as of April 1954 and that tenant owed rent…