Legal Opinion

Mayo v. Claflin

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided January 18, 1919PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Action of Justice Ejectment brought iu tbe Municipal Court of the Windsor .Probate District. Trial by Court on July 15, 1918, Herbert H. Blanchard, Municipal Judge. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.

For several years the defendant occupied a small farm in Springfield, Vt., as the plaintiff’s tenant. No formal lease was ever executed, but the arrangement was made by correspondence. About the time the term was to expire, November 15th, the defendant would write the plaintiff inquiring if he could have the farm for another term, and the plaintiff would reply concluding an arrangement for another year. Thus it ran along until the fall of 1917.

When the defendant wrote about a lease for the year following that date, the plaintiff replied that she would not promise him the place for another…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Fraser v. Ætna Life Insurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Grant v. WhiteSupreme Court of Missouri · 1868
  3. In re Consolidated Rendering Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1907
  4. Comstock's v. JacobsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1911
  5. Webster v. State Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1908

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Andrus v. DunbarSupreme Court of Vermont · 2005
  2. Smith v. Vermont Marble CompanySupreme Court of Vermont · 1926
  3. Edmunds Bros. v. SmithSupreme Court of Vermont · 1921
  4. Rosenberg v. TaftSupreme Court of Vermont · 1920
  5. Boucher v. St. GeorgeMontana Supreme Court · 1930

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