delivered the opinion of the court.
*203Abstract of the Decision.
Forcible entry and detainer, § 71 * —defendant’s possession must Be proved. In an action of forcible detainer by a lessor against a lessee, in absence of proof that the lessee, where no one was holding under him, was in actual possession of the premises at the time suit was brought, defendant’s motion for a peremptory instruction should be granted.