ON THE

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

OF THE

ACTION OF EJECTMENT,

AND THE

RESULTING ACTION FOR MESNE PROFITS.

BY JOHN ADAMS,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, ESQ. BARRISTER AT LAW.

From the last London Edition.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

NOTES OF THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE SUPREME AND CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND BY THE COURTS OF THE SEVERAL STATES,

WHOSE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED,

UPON THE

ACTION OF EJECTMENT,

AND THE

ACTION FOR MESNE PROFITS.

AND

NOTES OF DECISIONS, UPON THOSE SUBJECTS,
MADE IN THE ENGLISH COURTS, TO THE PRESENT TIME,
EXCEPT THOSE CITED IN THE TEXT :

TOGETHER WITH THE

STATUTORY PROVISIONS,

IN RELATION TO THOSE ACTIONS, CONTAINED IN THE
REVISED STATUTES OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK:

AND

PRECEDENTS

OF ENTRIES, PLEADINGS AND PROCESS ADAPTED THERETO.

BY JOHN L. TILLINGHAST,

COUNSELLOR al LAW.

ALBANY :

PUBLISHED BY W. & A. GOULD & Co.,

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то

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