Yeates v. Allin

Allin sued Yeates, in trespass quare clausum fregit.— Yeates relied, for justification, on a right of entry adjudged to himself and others, (claiming as tenants in common with Allin,) in an action of ejectment, in which they had obtained judgment against Allin, for seven undivided eighths of a tract of land in his actual occupancy.

The proof is, that, after the judgment, and before a writ of habere.facias had been issued, Yeates entered, without actual force, into one of the rooms of the house in which Allin was living, and, in opening the door of an “ out house,” for the purpose of putting…