Stiles v. Jackson, ex dem. Wood
New York Supreme Court
Motion by landlord to be let in to defend in an action of ejectment. A default was entered, during the last vacation, J , , i . ’ against the tenant, and the landlord applies to be let in to defend lipón" the usual affidavit of title ; which is resisted on the part of the lessor of the plaintiff, on the ground that he claims r 1 . ° to recover no more than the interest of the tenant in the premises, subject to the rights of the landlord.
1Opinion of the Court
-By the Court,
Savage, Ch. J.
The lessor claims nothing inconsistent with the rights of the landlord; the landlord has therefore no interest to defend. The motion is denied, with costs.
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