Abdee's case , 1 N.C. 146 ( 1793 )

Doderidge, J.

If the lessee for twenty one years, grants a

rent for life, it is good during the term, and it is a chattel.

Crew, C. J.

I would not trust it in the court of requests.....

Jones, J.

.... to sue for the rent, on the supposition that the deed is lost. For it is contrary to a main principle of law. And when the lessee, as here, denies the truth of the fact, they ought not to proceed over.