Jones v. Shields

This appeal is from a judgment in unlawful detainer ordering the possession of the residential premises involved to be restored to the plaintiff owners by the defendant tenants. Plaintiffs purchased and became the owners of the property on April 26, 1943. At the time of such acquisition, defendants were in possession thereof on a month-to-month tenancy, at $67 per month, payable in advance, on the 25th day of each month.

Plaintiffs applied for, and on June 25, 1943, there was issued to them, by the Office of Price Administration, a certificate relating to eviction, granted under section…