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Fellows v. W.C. Ellis Building Co.

Supreme Court of Arizona
Nov 6, 1939
95 P.2d 563 (Ariz. 1939)

Opinion

Civil No. 4122.

Filed November 6, 1939.

1. APPEAL AND ERROR. — An assignment that judgment was contrary to law and evidence was too general and indefinite.

2. APPEAL AND ERROR. — In landlord's action to recover possession of leased premises for failure to pay rent, assignments that there was error between allegations of landlord's complaint and his proof, and that notice required by statute and served by landlord described different premises than complaint and judgment, could not be determined without the evidence.

See 2 Cal. Jur. 713; 3 Am. Jur. 293.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Maricopa. M.T. Phelps, Judge. Judgment affirmed.

Mr. William J. Fellows, Appellant, in propria persona.

Messrs. Gust, Rosenfeld, Divelbess, Robinette Coolidge, for Appellee.


This action was brought by the W.C. Ellis Building Company to recover the possession from defendant of office suite 229 of the Ellis Building, situate on Lots 7, 9 and 11 of Block 90 of the Original Townsite of Phoenix, for failure on the part of the defendant to pay the rent agreed upon. The defendant filed a general demurrer and a plea of not guilty. The demurrer was overruled and the case tried without a jury. Judgment for possession of said office suite was rendered for plaintiff, and defendant has appealed. His assignments are:

"I. That the judgment is contrary to the law and evidence.

"II. That there is an error between the allegations of plaintiff's complaint and his proof.

"III. That the notice required by statute, and served by the plaintiff described the premises different from that alleged in plaintiff's complaint and different from that set up in the judgment."

[1, 2] Assignment No. 1 is too general and indefinite. We have so many times refused to accept such an assignment as sufficient and proper. The other two may not be determined without the evidence and the evidence is not here.

The judgment is affirmed.

LOCKWOOD and McALISTER JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Fellows v. W.C. Ellis Building Co.

Supreme Court of Arizona
Nov 6, 1939
95 P.2d 563 (Ariz. 1939)
Case details for

Fellows v. W.C. Ellis Building Co.

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM J. FELLOWS, Appellant, v. W.C. ELLIS BUILDING COMPANY, a…

Court:Supreme Court of Arizona

Date published: Nov 6, 1939

Citations

95 P.2d 563 (Ariz. 1939)
95 P.2d 563

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