Judge's "Most Difficult Case" -- The Birch family in their 9 foot tent. James Birch, 62 year old veteran of the last war, sits in the rear; Mrs. Birch near the door, while 18 year old daughter Betty and 12 year old Nelson have to stand to drink their tea. In this dispute of owner versus tenant the problem is -- shall Leonard Webber, forester, with his stick wife and 10 children be moved out of the cottage they are renting to make for the owner, James Birch. Birch, suffering from chronic bronchitis, with his wife, suffering from rheumatism, and their two children are living in a 9 foot tent, containing only a coal stove a bed and a few odd pieces of furniture. December 24, 1945. (Photo by Mirror Features).