Case Name: JOHN REED vs. HENRY TODD
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1833
Citations: 1 Harr. 138
Docket Number: 
Parties: JOHN REED vs. HENRY TODD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 138–138

Head Matter:
JOHN REED vs. HENRY TODD.
A tenant will not be permitted to dispute his landlord’s title.
It is for the court to say whether a tenancy is proved.
Action on the case for use and occupation. Plea, non assumpsit. Issue.
The deft, rented the house in June 1828 of one Shrowders. In January 1829 it was sold by virtue of a judgment and execution process as the property of Shrowders and purchased by Reed. Plff. proved his title and repeated recognitions by deft, as having repairs done on Reed’s account, &c.
The deft, offered a paper with a view to controvert Reed’s title.
Frame and Clayton, for plff.
Huffington, for deft.

Opinion:
Pur cur.
The tenant cannot be permitted to dispute his landlord's title. The court has to decide whether a tenancy be proved; and we are satisfied from the evidence in this case that the defendant held by permission of the plaintiff. If the paper is offered for the purpose of disputing Reed's title, it is not competent, as in our judgment the tenancy is proved.
The plaintiff had a verdict.