Chesround v. Cunningham

Chesrouncl brought an action of trespass for mesne profits against Cunningham and others, after a recovery in ejectment. The locus in quo is described as being an undivided third part of 400 acres of land. The defendants pleaded in bar as follows: — that they purchased the freehold in 1820, at a public sale for the non-payment of taxes; entered into possession of the land as their own; and received the rents and profits. The plea also states, that the defendants had made lasting and valuable improvements on the premises, before the commencement of the action of ejectment, to the value of…