Rucker v. Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 10 Wash. 386
• 38 P. 1125
• 1894 Wash. LEXIS 232

Syllabus

<p>LANDLORD AND TENANT — ACTION FOR RENT — SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE.</p> <p>In an action for the recovery of rent the plaintiff should be non-suited when the only evidence tending to show the defendant’s tenancy is the fact that plaintiff and defendant had had negotiations looking to a lease of the premises, which, however, had never been consummated, and that the premises had been taken possession of by a sub-agent of defendant’s agent, and used for the storage of defendant’s goods, which such sub-agent held for sale on commission, under an agreement to pay all rent and storage charges.</p>