Case Name: GREER v. NOURSE
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1835-03
Citations: 10 F. Cas. 1184
Docket Number: 
Parties: GREER v. NOURSE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 10
Pages: 1184–1184

Head Matter:
Case No. 6,793.
GREER v. NOURSE.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 527.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
March Term, 1835.
Pleading — No Rent Ahheaii.
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.

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