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2 Cai. Cas. 233

Hallock v. Robinson

New York Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1804

New York Supreme Court · decided 1804-11-15

On demurrer guare clausum fregii. The plaintiff declared generally, for breaking and entering bis close in the township of Brookhaven. The defendant pleaded liberum tenementum, specifying and setting it out by metes and bounds. To this the plaintiff, without new assigning, replied his own freehold, traversing the free-bold of the defendant, and concluding with an ethoc paratus, praying bis damages.

Decided 1804-11-15

Kent, Ch. J.

¶1The replication is'evidently no answer to the plea of the defendant, setting forth,- by specific ttQtes and bounds, a particular close as his freehold. The plaintiff replies only that the close in the declaration is his close, but Says nothing as to the specific close in the plea, which is left totally unanswered. If the plaintiff had averred the dose in the plea to be his, he ought perhaps to have tendered an issue. As, however, we think the plaintiff should have new assigned, *it is unnecessary to decide in what manner his replication should have concluded.

¶2Woods applied for leave to amend on co'sts.

¶3Sanford resisted, as there had been one amendment without costs, and hoped, if it were granted, it would be on payment of those formerly incurred.

¶4Kent, Oh, J. Amend on payment of the costs of this demurrer.'

¶5Judgment for the demurrant, with leave to amend.

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