Legal Opinion

County of Bennington v. Town of Manchester

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided January 9, 1915PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal in Chancery, Bennington County, June Term, • 1914. Heard on the pleadings and the mandate of the Supreme Court as reported in 87 Yt. 555, Miles, Chancellor. Decree for the orator. The defendants appealed. The opinion states the case.

1Per curiam

The only question presented by this appeal is whether or not the altered decree complies with the directions sent down when the case was decided by this Court as reported in 87 Vt. 555.

The decree, in its present form, asserts that the orator “is the owner, entitled to the sole possession and use of the county building or courthouse described in said bill of complaint, and the land upon which the same stands.” It also provides that ‘ ‘ in the event that the county at any time should cease to occupy the said buildings for county purposes,” the land shall revert to the town.

The defendants object…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. County of Bennington v. Town of ManchesterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1914
  2. Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Vermont · 1909

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Burlington Building & Loan Ass'n v. CummingsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1941

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