Wilder v. Campbell

Statutory action of ejectment. The Morrells came in to defend instead of the terre tenant who held under them. After the evidence was in, the court refused to permit an amendment of the complaint, offered with the purpose of making certain the description of the property in suit, and then gave the general charge for defendants. The description of the lot contained in the complaint and the several muniments by which plaintiff traced his title to one of the defendants was too uncertain to be made the basis of a judgment. The sheriff in the execution of a writ of possession, supposing a judgment…