Schwarz
Schwarz v. Bohle
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Richards, J.
This action was instituted by the plaintiff to recover possession of the premises involved in it from the defendants, who were alleged to be tenants of the plaintiff and to have failed to pay their rent, and also failed and refused to surrender possession of the premises to the plain tiff as the owner thereof. The answer of the defendants denied their relation as tenants of the plaintiff and denied that the plaintiff was the owner of the premises. As a further answer to the plaintiff’s complaint the defendants alleged that one Julia Schwarz, deceased, the wife of the plaintiff, and the mother of the defendant E'va Anna Bohle, was in her lifetime the owner of the premises in question ; that she died intestate, and that after her death the plaintiff in this action represented to the said defendant Eva Anna Bohle that if she would disclaim to him all interest in the property he would clear the title, and would thereafter on demand grant said premises to said Eva Anna Bohle; and that relying on such representations she disclaimed all her right, title and interest in said property to said plaintiff, but that said plaintiff upon her demand has refused to convey said property to her;…