Purdy v. Rakestraw & Pool

This was an action of forcible detainer brought by appellees as landlords against appellant as their tenant After the leasing and before the end of the term, appellees conveyed its premises in controversy by a deed absolute upon its face and without condition or reservation to one Kline. The right of possession was therefore in the tenant during the term, and at the termination of the tenancy it would have passed to Kline by force of his deed, and he would have been the proper party to bring the suit unless the right of possession had been in some proper manner reserved to appellees. Dudley…