This is an application by the demandant for furthei proceedings in a real action, in which a verdict was rendered
The objection of the tenants is, that the application for a recovery of rents and profits comes too late. The Rev. Sts, c. 101, § 15, enact that if an issue of fact is tried in any real action, and found for the demandant, the jury shall, at the same time, assess his damages for the rents and profits, unless it shall be otherwise ordered by the court, as hereinafter provided. Section 24 makes the further provision, that if it shall appear to the' court, on the motion of either party, that it would be more convenient to postpone the assessment of the sums due to the demandant for rents and profits, until after the trial of the title and a verdict thereon, the court may make an order for that purpose, at any time before the verdict on the title is recorded.
This application comes too late. If the case were properly before us, therefore, and waiving all question arising as to the same being properly on the docket, this motion must be denied. The only mode of effecting the object would be for the demand-ant to obtain leave to set aside the verdict generally, and on a future trial to submit, with the question of title, his demand for rents and profits; or procure an order from the court, before the verdict was taken and recorded, postponing the assessment of damages for rents and profits. This the demandant does not desire to do. The result is therefore that the petition must be dismissed.
