Dudley v. Sumner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was a real action entered at the last term of this Court, when the tenant appeared, and had liberty to imparl till the present term, that she might vouch A. and B. to warrant the premises to her. The summoneas ad warrantizandum was duly issued, and returned on the first day of the present term, when the vouchers were called, but made default.
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This was a real action entered at the last term of this Court, when the tenant appeared, and had liberty to imparl till the present term, that she might vouch A. and B. to warrant the premises to her. The summoneas ad warrantizandum was duly issued, and returned on the first day of the present term, when the vouchers were called, but made default. And now, on the second day of the term, the tenant’s counsel'moved for leave to plead double; which was objected to by the counsel for the demandant; the motion not being, according to the rule of the Court, made in season. The rule is, “ that no…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court (Dana, C. J., Sedgwick, and Thacker, justices) said that the motion was made in season, within the reasonable construction of the rule; and gave leave to plead double, as prayed for.
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