Title 29, Remedies and Special Proceedings

(a) The declaration may contain several counts, and several parties may be named as plaintiffs, jointly in one (1) count and separately in others, but not without the consent of the party in person, or by a duly authorized agent, unless the party in person be tenant in common wit…

(a) The death of either party does not abate the action, but it may be revived in favor of the heirs or devisees of the plaintiff, and against the heirs and terre-tenants of the defendant. (b) If the heirs are nonresident, the court may order publication to be made for them, as i…

(a) Upon the trial, the plaintiff need not prove an actual entry on or possession of the premises demanded, or receipt of any profits thereof, nor any lease, entry, or ouster, except as herein provided, but it is sufficient for plaintiff to show a right to the possession of the p…

On trials of actions of ejectment between vendor and vendee, title bonds, properly proved and registered, may be read in evidence, and shall have the same force and effect as a deed between the same parties.

When there are more defendants than one (1), the jury may find the defendants jointly or severally guilty of detaining all or any distinct parcels of the premises, and plaintiff may have judgment against any or all defendants, according to the facts of the case. The verdict may b…

(a) The plaintiff may recover any specific part or share of the premises embraced in the declaration, though less than plaintiff claims. (b) The verdict may specify the extent and quality of the plaintiff's estate, and the premises to which plaintiff is entitled, with reasonable …

If the right of the plaintiff expire after the commencement of the suit and before trial, the verdict shall be according to the facts, and judgment shall be entered for damages for the withholding of the premises by the defendant; and as to the premises, the judgment shall be tha…

A general verdict in favor of the plaintiff, without such specifications, entitles the plaintiff to the quantity of interest, or estate, and the premises, as set forth and described in the declaration.

The judgment for the plaintiff is that plaintiff recover the possession of the premises according to the verdict, or, if by default or on demurrer, according to the description in the declaration.

The judgment is executed by a writ of possession, issued to the sheriff, and directing the sheriff to put the plaintiff in possession of the premises.

Any such judgment is conclusive upon the party against whom it is recovered, not under disability at the time of the recovery, and all persons claiming under the party by title accruing after the commencement of the action.

This chapter does not deprive the plaintiff of a right to an action for mesne profits after verdict and judgment in plaintiff's favor, or the defendant of the right to file a bill in equity for the value of defendant's improvements, but those rights are subject to the general pro…

A tenant in possession in good faith, under a lease or license from another, is not liable beyond the rent in arrear at the time of suit brought for the recovery of the land, and that which may afterwards accrue during the continuance of the tenant's possession.

Persons holding possession in good faith, under color of title, are entitled to have the value of their permanent improvements setoff against the rents and profits which the plaintiff may recover.

(a) In executing a writ of possession after judgment in an action of ejectment, the option of having personal property removed to a local warehouse for storage or having it removed from the property as has been the procedure of sheriffs prior to March 28, 1976 shall be with the p…

In order to establish a rebuttable presumption of legal title to real property for the purpose of bringing an action of ejectment, it shall be sufficient for a person claiming legal title to establish the chain of title to the property for the preceding fifty (50) years in any in…