Case ID: n-chip_1/html/0035-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

John Rich vs. Joseph Wait.
    September term, 1790.
    to support an ““^ranty there mUSev^ofaon,°or banca taxa-
    This was an action of covenant broken, brought on a covenant of warranty in a deed of bargain, and sale of a tract)of land in Maidstone.
    On trial upon the general issue, no eviction appeared. The plaintiff still enjoys the land.
   It ivas held

by the Court,

that an action will not lie on a covenant of warranty, until there has been an eviction, or some disturbance or hindrance in the enjoyment, which, in law, may be equivalent to an eviction.

Verdict for the defendant.