Case No. 5,793.

GREER v. NOURSE.

[4 Cranch, C. C. 527.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

March Term, 1835.

PLEADING—NO RENT ARREAR.

The plea of no rent arrear admits the demise as laid in the avowry.

At law. Avowry for rent arrear [by William Greer against John R. Nourse]. Plea, no rent arrear, and issue.

R. S. Coxe, for plaintiff, contended at the trial, that the defendant must prove his title and the demise laid in the avowry.

Mr. Bradley, for defendant, cited 4 Starkie, Ev. 1297.

THE COURT (nem. con.) decided, that the plea of no rent arrear admits the demise as laid in the avowry.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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