Delaware Court of Common Pleas, 1804

Reed v. Dehorty

Reed v. Dehorty
Delaware Court of Common Pleas · Decided December 15, 1804
2 Del. Cas. 221

Counsel

Clayton [for plaintiff]. H. Ridgely [for defendants]., H. Ridgely for defendants., Clayton. , H. Ridgely. , Clayton. , Bassett in conclusion.

Reed v. Dehorty

Opinion of the Court

Chief Justice.

In this case defendants plead the land was their own freehold. If a man can get possession of his lands peaceably, he may take it. In this case [there are] three questions: whether he got possession peaceably, whether plaintiffs had a rightful possession, and [whether] defendant had good title. Possession is sufficient to support this action against a wrongdoer, and so if he has a rightful possession, this title in ejectment could not prevail. The plea of Uberurn tenementwm. should apply in this case to Thomas Dehorty alone.

Verdict for plaintiff, $50.

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