Smith v. Thibault

The defendants bring this case here claiming that the court below committed error in transferring to equity an action at law which the plaintiffs had brought against the defendants in the Franklin County Court.

The action was commenced by a writ dated October 17, 1958, and, by amendment, the plaintiffs declared specially on a verbal contract seeking damages for a breach thereof. The substance of the complaint, as amended, is to the effect that on May 26, 1958 the plaintiffs verbally leased a part of their farm located in the towns of Highgate and Swanton, Vermont, and certain farm machinery…