Case Name: John Blair v. William Young
Court: South Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1834-05
Citations: 2 Hill 415
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Blair v. William Young.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 415–415

Head Matter:
John Blair v. William Young.
York, Spring Term, 1834.

Opinion:
The plea of liberum tenementum properly belongs to the action of trespass quare clausum fregit, and admits the possession of the plaintiff, and the trespass complained of, and undertakes to justify it by title in the defendant. But in trespass to try title, such a plea is altogether inappropriate and ought to be struck out; for the action supposes the possession to be in the defendant, and the title, as well as the trespass, is the gravamen of the action ; and hence such a plea is nothing more than a denial of the plaintiff's title, and (if to be regarded as a plea) is equivalent to the general issue.