Shaw v. Partridge
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of covenant, brought to recover the rent reserved by a lease, and was commenced by Robert Moody, who deceased after the service of the writ upon the defendant and prior to the return day of the same. The plaintiff, Shaw, was appointed administrator upon the estate of Moody, and entered to prosecute the action before the justice, to whom the writ was made returnable, and the action came to the county court by appeal.
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This was an action of covenant, brought to recover the rent reserved by a lease, and was commenced by Robert Moody, who deceased after the service of the writ upon the defendant and prior to the return day of the same. The plaintiff, Shaw, was appointed administrator upon the estate of Moody, and entered to prosecute the action before the justice, to whom the writ was made returnable, and the action came to the county court by appeal. It was alleged, in the declaration, that, on the first day of April, 1820, one William L. Harrington leased to the defendant certain premises, by perpetual…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HebaRd, J.
This action is based upon a lease from William L. Harrington to the defendant, dated April 1, 1820, which lease contains a covenant on the part of the defendant to pay to the said Harrington, his heirs, or assigns, a yearly rent. On the first day of November, 1828, the said Harrington assigned this indenture, and all his interest in the premises, to Jabez Penniman as administrator of the estate of George Y. Harrington. This interest was, by the probate court, on the first day of January, 1839,. set off to the widow of the said George Y.…
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