Gray v. Gray

Opinion of the Court.

THIS is a warrant-of forcible detainer, in which the filaintiff in the warrant claimed that tiie defendant was lis tenant, and held over, after the expiration of the lease; and to prove his claim, gave in evidence a writing executed by the defendant, acknowledging that he had leased the premises, and engaging to pay rent, until a certain period, when be was bound to surrender the possession to the plaintiff. The defendant attempted to deny that he entered as tenant to the plaintiff, and introduced a writ of habere facias possessionem., which appeared to have issued on a…