Smith v. Adger

GLADNEY, Judge.

This action is for the recovery of damages resulting from a failure of the lessee to observe the conditions of the lease requiring him to keep and return in good order the leased premises. The defendant excepted to the jurisdiction of the Court ratione personae, and preserving his rights thereunder, answered, denying he had breached his obligation under the lease. The trial court overruled the exception to jurisdiction and rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $1,621.91. From this judgment the defendant has appealed.

On September 29, 1953, plaintiff, acting…