Case Name: Den, on the demise of Faircloth v. Ingraham and Jones
Court: North Carolina Superior Court
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1797-09
Citations: 1 Hayw. 577
Docket Number: 
Parties: Den, on the demise of Faircloth v. Ingraham and Jones.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 577–577

Head Matter:
Den, on the demise of Faircloth v. Ingraham and Jones.
Ejectment, and not guilty pleaded — and the jury being sworn, the Defendant’s counsel disclosed, that the demise laid in the declaration was expired, and moved for a nonsuit; insisting that though the demise might be amended, if prayed before the jury are sworn, it could not be done afterwards.

Opinion:
Per curiam
Williams and Haywood, Justices.—
The demise is a mere fiction — the jury are not sworn upon that, but to try the title only. It may be amended at any-time, or the exception may be overlooked, as it was in 2 Bur>\ 1159, where the demise after the trial was found to be laid upon a time not yef come. The nonsuit was refused.
Note. — Vide Young v. Erwin, ante 323. Adams on Eject. 203, 204,