Doe v. Roe
Superior Court of Delaware
Action of Ejectment brought to recover- possession of a narrow strip of land, in Baltimore Hundred. The facts fully appear in the charge of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Boyce, J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—This is an action of ejectment, brought to recover possession of a narrow strip of land, situate in Baltimore Hundred, Sussex County, containing about three-fifths of an acre.
[1] The nominal plaintiff and defendant are fictitious. The claimant of the premises in dispute, Sallie T. Townsend, is the real plaintiff, and the occupant, Charles R. Melson, is the real defendant. Whenever an action of ejectment is brought, the occupant of the land in question is not permitted to come in and defend without first entering into what is known as the…
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