¶1It seems, by Runnington, 439, to be the practice of the English Courts to require security for costs, where *148the suit for mesne profits is brought in the name of the nominal plaintiff. We grant the rule as moved for.
¶2Motion granted
4 Cow. 147
Decided February 15, 1825
New York Supreme Court · decided 1825-02-15
Trespass for the mesne profits of land recovered in an action of ejectment, brought by Jackson, as nominal plaintiff, on the demise of M. S. & J. A. Freeman, against the defendant. The present action was also in the name of Jackson, the nominal plaintiff in the ejectment.
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently February 1832
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Decided 1825-02-15