Freese v. McIntyre
Freese v. McIntyre
Opinion of the Court
This is an action of assumpsit, for use and occupation of land, from 1841 to 1848, inclusive. On the 14th of February, 1842, the plaintiff made a levy of an execution which he then had, on land of the defendant.
It is contended by the defendant that this levy was void, because the appraisers did not state that “they entered upon or viewed the premises at all; neither does the officer’s return state the factand because it does not appear that “ they appraised and set off the premises, after viewing the same, at the price specified,” and because the “ description and appraisement of the land is not indorsed on the execution and signed by them.”
It is apparent, from an inspection of the return of the appraisers, that there are serious objections to it; and they probably would have been deemed sufficient to have defeated the title of the plaintiff, if the defendant had chosen to insist upon them, and to avail himself of them. It appears that he was present when the levy was made, or that he
These proceedings constitute a substantial release of all errors, and a waiver of objections to all defects which existed in the return of the appraisers, and a complete confirmation of the title of the plaintiff to the land levied upon.
If the appraisers did in fact “ enter upon or view the premises,” (which is highly probable, from the fact that they speak of the land as having been shown to them by the plaintiff’s attorney, and.from the fact that they describe it minutely, by courses, distances and monuments, and from the fact that they could not have done their duty faithfully, without so viewing the premises,) the Court, no doubt, would, upon an application of the plaintiff, have allowed the officer to amend his return according to the truth of the case, and in this manner, the title of the plaintiff might have been made valid against the defendant. The mode adopted to remove the objections to the levy, and to con
Erom the testimony of Mr. Trask, we are authorized to conclude that the relation of landlord and tenant existed, between the plaintiff and defendant, in about one year after the levy; and that five dollars per annum, would be a reasonable rent for the premises. The writ is dated August 7, 1848.
Judgment for plaintiff for twenty-five dollars — Damages, with interest from date of writ, and costs.
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- Freese versus McIntyre
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