Haley v. Long

The covenant declared upon by the plaintiff, being upon oyer set out upon the record, by which it appears that there is no seal, but only says, witness my hand and seal, has in this ease been, under the present pleadings, considered insufficient by the judge to support the verdict rendered for him, and to entitle him to the species of action which he has brought. That the action of covenant will not lie on the writing set forth upon the oyer is admitted, if the proper steps had been taken by the defendant to bring this point before the Court, or if his pleas had been shaped so as to give him…