Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1853

Davis v. Alden

Davis v. Alden
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1853
66 Mass. 323

Davis v. Alden

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

In a summary proceeding under that clause of the Rev. Sts. c. 104, which is the landlord and tenant act, the respondent pleads that “ he is not in possession of the described premises,” and to this the complainant demurs. We are of opinion that the plea was bad. It did not amount to a plea of non-tenure at the time the complaint was filed and notice served, nor to a disclaimer. It was not a plea of the general issue, and did not answer the complaint.

Demurrer sustained; judgment for the complainant.

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