Case Name: Stiles, Clark, tenant, ads. Jackson, ex dem. Wood
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1828-08
Citations: 1 Wend. 103
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stiles, Clark, tenant, ads. Jackson, ex dem. Wood.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wendell's Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 103–104

Head Matter:
Stiles, Clark, tenant, ads. Jackson, ex dem. Wood.
Where the les. s°roftheplaintifi, in ejectment, claims ”h°e ™°erest of ,the l611”11.1»tha landlord ls.not entitled to be admitted to de= fend.
Motion by landlord to be let in to defend in an action of ejectment. A default was entered, during the last vacation, J , , i . ’ against the tenant, and the landlord applies to be let in to defend lipón" the usual affidavit of title ; which is resisted on the part of the lessor of the plaintiff, on the ground that he claims r 1 . ° to recover no more than the interest of the tenant in the premises, subject to the rights of the landlord.
G. C. Bronson, for landlord.
J. Jl. Collier, for plaintiff.

Opinion:
-By the Court,
Savage, Ch. J.
The lessor claims nothing inconsistent with the rights of the landlord; the landlord has therefore no interest to defend. The motion is denied, with costs.