Shearer v. Clay

*261Opinion of the Court.

THIS is a writ of error brought to reverse a judgment in ejectment rendered in favor of the lessor of the plaintiff.

The errors assigned, allege that the declaration is insufficient. On this point, we shall not dwell, further than to remark, that an issue is joined ; and after that, a statute in force forbids such exceptions, either to form or substance.

There was a trial in the court where the suit was first commenced, and a verdict was found for the defendants below, which the court set aside, and awarded a new trial; and an exception was taken to that opinion, and is now…