Knox v. Lermond

Mellen C. J.

This is a writ of entry. In the Court of Common Pleas a verdict was returned in favor of the demandant ; and at the request of the parties the premises demanded, and the improvements thereon made, were estimated by the jury, pursuant to the provisions of the statute of 1821, ch. 47, commonly called the betterment law ; and during the term in which the verdict was given, the demandant made his election on record, *378in open Court, to abandon the demanded premises to the tenant at the price estimated by the jury as aforesaid, on which verdict the special judgment, by law required, was…