Hurd v. Darling
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover, for thirty tons of hay. Plea, not guilty, and trial by jury. On the trial in the county court, the plaintiff gave in evidence a written agreement, or lease, signed by him and the defendant, Darling, but not sealed, of the following tenor, viz: ‘ Know all men by these presents that I, Truman Hurd, ‘of Sandgate, do covenant with and agree to farm let ‘ to William Darling, of said Sandgate, in the following ‘ manner, viz: all the land by me let to Daniel Beebe, on the ‘…
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Trover, for thirty tons of hay. Plea, not guilty, and trial by jury. On the trial in the county court, the plaintiff gave in evidence a written agreement, or lease, signed by him and the defendant, Darling, but not sealed, of the following tenor, viz: ‘ Know all men by these presents that I, Truman Hurd, ‘of Sandgate, do covenant with and agree to farm let ‘ to William Darling, of said Sandgate, in the following ‘ manner, viz: all the land by me let to Daniel Beebe, on the ‘ south east corner; also, the farm of late owned and occupied ‘ by Roswell Woodward, to have, hold, and occupy the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
In this action the only questions raised are whether the plaintiff had any such property as will enable him to maintain this action, and, if he had, whether the defendants have done any act which will amount to a conversion.
1. The interest of the plaintiff in the property sued for is, ‘at most, that of a tenant in common. It is true it was hay and grain, grown upon the land of the plaintiff, but land which he had leased to the defendant, Darling, for two years, the rent to be paid in one half of all the crop, except what was consumed in…
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- Wright v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1941
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