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Judgment by default.
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58. In any ejectment for nonpayment of rent brought in any of the Superior Courts of Law, when the tenant shall not take defence to the ejectment, the affidavit of the landlord, his agent, receiver, or clerk, stating the amount of rent due at the time of the bringing of the ejectment, over and above all just and fair allowances, shall be sufficient evidence of the amount due, and shall, when the same amounts to or exceeds one year’s rent, entitle the landlord to judgment for the possession of the premises; provided an affidavit of the service of the summons and plaint in such ejectment shall have been duly filed according to the practice of such Court.
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