CARPENTER v. UNITED STATES


84 U.S. 489 (1873)

17 Wall. 489

CARPENTER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J.M. Carlisle and J.D. McPherson, for the appellant:

Mr. S.F. Phillips, Solicitor-General, contra.


Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

Though it has sometimes been said that an action of debt, or assumpsit, for the use and occupation of land, can be maintained only when the relation of landlord and tenant has existed between the plaintiff and defendant, this is not strictly accurate, if it be meant that a demise must be in fact proved. It is true that the statute...

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