Leach v. Beattie
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in Chancery. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The Chancellor, — Poland, J., — at the March Terri, 1859, dismissed the bill, pro forma, from which decree the orator appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBarrett, J.
This bill seeks discovery and an account by the defendants, as tenant in common with the plaintiff, of lot No. 23, second division, in the right of Alexander Stewart, in the town of Brunswick, of timber taken and sold from said lot by the defendants.
The answer admits the taking and sale of timber from said lot, but denies any right, title, or interest in the plaintiff in the lot. The defendants insist on a possessory as well as a paper .title in themselves to the lot, and interpose the statute of limitations in their answer. They also insist that the plaintiff is not entitled to maintain this…
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