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Bethel v. Lloyd

1 U.S. 2 1 Dall. 2 Court SCOTUS English

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Bethel v. Lloyd and others.

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Partition.
Under the plea of non tenent insimul, the defendants may show that some of them are not tenants of the freehold.

Partition. Plea non tenent insimul, &c. Defendants permitted to give in evidence to the jury, that some of them were not tenants of the freehold,[1] but only tenants at will.[2]

(a) (a) Cro. Eliz. 759.

(b) (b) 5) See Bates v. McCrory, 3 Yeates 192 ; M'Kee v. Straub, 2 Binn. 1 .