Johnstone v. Sanborn

Plaintiff recovered judgment and defendant has appealed therefrom. The following facts appear. In 1933, defendant Sanborn claimed to be the owner of the property in question, and on April 3, 1933, he leased it to Johnstone by a written lease. Johnstone took possession and has ever since occupied the premises. Before the lease was made and some time in 1931 the property had been sold for delinquent taxes and a tax sale certificate dated July 24, 1931, had been issued. The lease contained this paragraph: