Legal Opinion
Howard's Lessee v. Gardiner
General Court of Virginia
Decided May 15, 1792PublishedCited by 1 opinion
EJECTMENT. In this case the death of the lessor of the plaintiff was pleaded in abatement, to which plea the plaintiff demurred.
1Opinion of the Court
The Court
gave judgment on the demurrer for the de fendant, that the cause abates by the death of the lessor of the plaintiff.
The cause was removed, by writ of error, to the court of appeals, where, at June tuna, 1795, the judgment was affirmed.
2Cited by1 opinion
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