Austin v. Rutland R. Co.

This bill is brought for a partition of water lot No. 10 in the city of Burlington, which is ten rod’s long and two rods wide of water front on Lake Champlain, and of a dock extending therefrom into the waters of the lake* Nelly Austin had an estate for life in an undivided half of this lot, with remainder to her heirs. The rights of the several owners have been adjudicated at law. Austin v. Rutland R. Co. 45 Vt. 215. The legislature of the state provided that any person owning lands adjoining the lake might erect any wharf or store-house, and extend the same from the land of such person in a…