Superior Court of Delaware, 1836

Lessee of Anderson v. Stean

Lessee of Anderson v. Stean
Superior Court of Delaware · Decided July 5, 1836
2 Del. 50
Lessee of Anderson v. Stean

Opinion of the Court

in ejectment, plaintiff cannot go out of his plot to prove defendant’s possession of othes lands.

Ejectment.

In this case the court ruled, that plaintiff was confined in his proof of defendant’s possession to that land which he marked, and stated on his plot to be in defendant’s possession; that the plot was notice of the land in controversy, and the plaintiff cannot prove defendant to be in possession of lands out of the lines which are marked as covering the land in dispute, and in possession of the defendant.

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