4300. Introductory Instruction

4300. Introductory Instruction Instruction No 1 Request by Plaintiff Given as Proposed Refused Withdrawn Request by Defendant Given as Modified Requested by Given on Court's Motion Judge Instruction No 1 This is an action for what is called unlawful detainer. [Name of plaintiff], the [landlord/tenant], claims that [name of defendant] is [his/her/its] [tenant/subtenant] under a [lease/rental agreement/sublease] and that [name of defendant] no longer has the right to occupy the property [by subleasing to [name of subtenant]]. [Name of plaintiff] seeks to recover possession of the property from [name of defendant]. [Name of defendant] claims that [he/she/it] still has the right to occupy the property because [insert defenses at issue]. The property involved in this case is [describe property: e.g., "an apartment," "a house," "space in a commercial building"] located in [city or area] at [address]. ________________________________________________________________________________ New August 2007