Section 37. A tenant may contest his liability to be ejected from the land which he holds on any of the following grounds:

First CHAPTER V. EJECTMENT. General Provisions. 37. A tenant may contest his liability to be ejected from the land which he holds on any of the following grounds: First.—That he holds a lease or an agreement, or a decree of Court, under the terms of which he is not liable to such ejectment: Second.—That he has a right of occupancy in the land: Third. ACT No. XIX OF 1868. Third.—And if he be a tenant not having a right of occupancy, that notice of ejectment has not been served upon him in manner provided by section 43.