Wright v. Lattin

This was an action guare cla/usum fregit, and the declaration contained three counts, which were substantially the same, alleging that defendants had broke and entered plaintiff’s close, and removed fences, buildings, &c. Defendants plead the general issue and a special plea, in bar of the action. The special plea averred, that on the 17th of August, 1858, one Clark Wright and “the De Kalb County Agricultural Society,” by their President, entered into a contract for the use and occupancy of the close in question. That by said contract Wright leased the premises to the Society for the term of…