Buck v. Squiers
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment for land in Chelsea. The suit was brought in the name of the heirs of D. Azro A. Buck, as plaintiffs, for the benefit of Sereno Allen, to whom the plaintiffs conveyed the demanded premises by deeds dated September 7, 1847, and November 11, 1847, the defendant being in posséssion of the premises at the time, claiming adversely to the plaintiffs. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, December Term, 1848, — Redfield, J., presiding.
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Ejectment for land in Chelsea. The suit was brought in the name of the heirs of D. Azro A. Buck, as plaintiffs, for the benefit of Sereno Allen, to whom the plaintiffs conveyed the demanded premises by deeds dated September 7, 1847, and November 11, 1847, the defendant being in posséssion of the premises at the time, claiming adversely to the plaintiffs. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, December Term, 1848, — Redfield, J., presiding. The plaintiffs proved, that the land in dispute had formerly, for more than fifteen years, been in the possession of the plaintiffs’ ancestor, he…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Poland, J.
The first question made In this case arises upon the defendant’s objection, that this action cannot be sustained by the present plaintiffs, because there has been no decree made by the Probate Court, directing a division of the estate among the several heirs entitled to it; and the case of Board-man v. Bartlett, 6 Vt. 631, is relied upon, to sustain the objection. That case arose and was decided under the statute of 1821, which expressly prohibited heirs and devisees from maintaining actions of trespass, or ejectment, for lands of the…
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