Case ID: njl_11/html/0219-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Den ex dem. Dickinson vs. Fen, James Lanning, Tenant in possession.
    EJECTMENT.
    When a third person applies to he made a defendant in ejectment, it is necessary for him to shew that he is the landlord or other proper person.
    
      
      Hamilton moved the court for leave to substitute George Panning, the landlord, he said, of the tenant in possession, as a defendant, instead of the casual ejector, Richard Fen; and stated that the person, on whose behalf the application was made, had an interest in the premises, but laid no evidence before the court.
   By the Court.

When a third person applies to be made a defendant, it is necessary for him to shew, by affidavit or other competent evidence, that he is the landlord or other *186] proper person, *unless it is admitted by the plaintiff’s attorney. As there is neither in this case,

The motion is overruled.