Taggart
Taggart v. Shepherd
Opinion
lead Opinion
Tappaan, J.
Plaintiff recovered judgment against defendants, who are husband and wife. The wife only appeals from this judgment. The appeal is based upon the judgment-roll.
The action, denominated by the plaintiff as an “action for damages for withholding real property”, was instituted by plaintiff in his capacity as trustee. Riveroll,- for whom plaintiff was trustee, had been declared a bankrupt on October 26, 1928. On October 20, 1928, defendant and appellant, Rolena B. Shepherd, entered into a written lease of the premises here in question with the IIollyM'ood Holding Corporation, which at that time M’as the record owner of the premises. The court in its findings filed herein found that Kiveroll, the bankrupt, was in fact the true owner of the premises at the time this lease was made. The defendants occupied the premises from November 1, 1928, until about March 10, 1929, when they removed therefrom pursuant to an order made by the referee in bankruptcy.
The court found that the occupation of the premises by defendants constituted, as to them, necessaries of life during the term of their occupancy. The court also found that the arrangements or negotiations for the lease of the premises…