How to unit test cell from storyboard

I want to check if a cell (storyboard!) fulfills certain requirements (like has certain properties etc.) But I do not seem to be able to instantiate it from the storyboard.

override func setUp() {
    tableView = UITableView()
    let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: NSBundle(forClass: self.dynamicType))
    viewController = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("tvcStorageList") as? tvcStorageList
    let x = viewController.view
    navController = MockNavigationController(rootViewController: viewController)
    successMockDBDidReplaceProductDB = substituteWithMockDatabase()
    viewController.viewDidLoad()
}


func testCorrectTableCellIsReturned() {
    viewController.viewDidLoad()
    let cell = viewController.tableView(tableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath: NSIndexPath(forRow: 0, inSection: 0))
    println(cell)
}

// the table....

  override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("StorageCell") as! Storage2TableViewCell

    let row = indexPath.row
    let temp = storageList[row]
    let thisStorage = temp
    cell.name.text = temp.name

Trying to test a get a bad access where the cell should be dequeued.