TREATISE 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 HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY NOTED, THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW-YORK, From January Term, 1799, to October Term, 1820. WITH REFERENCES TO DECISIONS IN THE COURTS OF MASSACHUSETTS BY PHILO RUGGLES, ESQ. COUNSELLOR AT LAW. STANFORD DIBRAT New-York: PUBLISHED BY STEPHEN GOULD, (SIGN OF LORD COKE,) Corner of Wall and Broad-Streets. Wm. Grattan, Printer. Southern District of New-York, ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the tenth day of March, in the forty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, WILEY & HALSTED, of the said District, have deposited in this Office, the title of a Book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit: "A Treatise 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 have been carefully noted, the Decisions of the Supreme Court of New York, from January Term, 1799, to October Term, 1820, with references to the decisions in the Courts of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and the Su preme Court of the United States. By Philo Ruggles, Esq. Counsellor at Law." In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the "authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;" And also, to an Act, entitled," An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled, an Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors "and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the "benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other *prints." G. L. THOMPSON, Clerk of the Southern District of New-York. 318419 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION. IN the present Edition the Author has corrected some errors, and supplied some defects, which remained undiscovered until after the original publication of the Treatise; and has, also, added some new matter, which he trusts will render the Work more complete. The Chapters on Evidence, and on the Action as between Landlord and Tenant, have been enlarged; and, in the practical part of the Work, several manuscript cases have been introduced. An alteration has also been adopted in the arrangement of the Chapters; and at the suggestion of several professional friends, and by the kind permission of Mr. Tidd, those practical forms, to which the Author referred in the Preface to the first edition, form an Appendix to the present volume. 10, CROWN OFFICE-ROW, TEMPLE, May 1, 1818. |