Leverette v. Jeffries

1. Leverette sued out a distress warrant to recover the value of 2,000 pounds of lint cotton which he claimed that Jeffries owed him upon a rent note. Jeffries interposed a counter-affidavit; setting up that the sum distrained for was not due. While this counter-affidavit is perhaps a little too general to include the exact defense relied upon in the course of the trial, the defendant was not required to amend. A -number of objections were made at the trial to evidence which was admitted by the court, based upon the general principle that a tenant can not dispute his landlord’s title. We…