Mead v. Owen
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action, under V. S. 1560, frequently called “justice ejectment,” to recover possession of a dwelling bouse. Plea, tbe general issue. Trial by jury at tbe June Term, 1906, Addison County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Tbe defendant excepted.
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Action, under V. S. 1560, frequently called “justice ejectment,” to recover possession of a dwelling bouse. Plea, tbe general issue. Trial by jury at tbe June Term, 1906, Addison County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Tbe defendant excepted. At tbe close of all tbe evidence “tbe defendant moved that tbe court direct a verdict for him on tbe ground that tbe testimony showed that tbe contract was a letting at tbe halves or on shares, creating a tenancy in common, so that tbe parties bad a joint interest in tbe products and income of tbe farm, thereby creating a…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
The plaintiff brought this suit under Y. S. 1560, to recover possession of a certain dwelling house situated upon her farm, claiming that the defendant was holding over after the termination of a lease from her. The section of the statute relied upon reads:
“When the lessee of lands or tenements, whether the lease is by writing or parol, or when a person holding under such lease, holds possession of said demised premises without right, after the determination of the lease by its own limitation, or after breach of a stipulation contained in the lease by the lessee or a person holding under him,…
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