Sims v. Shotkin

My view of the question here involved is called a dissent, for the reason that the import of the majority opinion is that a verdict and judgment for double rent up to the time of the trial cannot and does not include double rent after the time of the trial and until the premises are surrendered to the plaintiff by the defendant. The Code, § 61-303, provides that a tenant may arrest dispossessory proceedings by certain sworn declarations, provided he shall at the same time tender a bond with good security for the payment of such sum, with costs, “as may be recovered against him on the trial of…