Woodbury v. Woodbury's Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the decision and report of commissioners on the defendant estate. Trial by jury, and verdict for plaintiff, June Term, 1876, Eoss, J., presiding.
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Appeal from the decision and report of commissioners on the defendant estate. Trial by jury, and verdict for plaintiff, June Term, 1876, Eoss, J., presiding. Under notice of settlement, the defendant gave in evidence and relied upon a paper writing signed by the decedent, dated October 3,1871, of the tenor following: “A. M. Woodbury has occupied my farm which I deeded to him October 3, 1871, and had the use of the same and stock from March, 1870, till said premises were deeded him. This is to certify that in consideration of said purchase, and other deal between us, the rent of said farm,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Barrett, J.
Nothing but the printed exceptions, lease, contract of settlement, and plaintiff’s building account, is furnished to this court. The declaration, pleadings, and specifications of *156the parties, are not before us. The bill of exceptions is meager to the last extreme in material for enabling this court to comprehend and appreciate the points of exception. From what is before us, helped by the briefs of counsel, we infer that the claim of the plaintiff constituting “ the contract and cause of action ” in his behalf “ in issue and on trial,” is…
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- Woodbury v. Woodbury's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1875