Gorham v. Daniels
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass guare clausum fregit. The action came, upon exceptions, from Windham county court. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, September Term, 1846, — B. Ormsbee, Assistant Judge of Windham county court, presiding. The trial was had upon a case stated by the parties substantially as follows.
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Trespass guare clausum fregit. The action came, upon exceptions, from Windham county court. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, September Term, 1846, — B. Ormsbee, Assistant Judge of Windham county court, presiding. The trial was had upon a case stated by the parties substantially as follows. On the twenty first day of February, 1881, Amaziah Richmond, being well seized in fee of a certain tract of land in Westminster, conveyed the same, by deed, duly executed and recorded, to Warren Richmond, by metes and bounds, but with this reservation;— “ Meaning to convey one half of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court* was delivered by
Redfield, J.
This case has been twice argued, and mainly upon the question how far the statute of Henry VIII of England, called the statute of uses, is to be considered in force in this state. It seems to me very much to be regretted, that so important a question should have come to a final determination in a case so utterly insignificant in pecuniary consequence. But I have given my best attention to the subject, during the two arguments, and notwithstanding, it seems to be conceded, that the statute of uses is considered in force in most of the other…
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