Hub Bel Air, Inc. v. Hirsch

This appeal is from a judgment for the defendants in an action of ejectment tried by the court without a jury. The action was brought to recover possession of an alley or strip of land 18 inches wide between store buildings on adjoining lots in Bel Air. The declaration alleged that in May 1947 the defendants wrongfully entered 17 inches on the entire northern line of the Hub lot. The defendants filed the general issue plea of “not guilty.” The plaintiff then demanded “the particulars of the affirmative defenses the defendants propose to offer under their plea of ‘not guilty.’ ” The court…