Smith v. Pollard
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment for lot No. 12 of the second range of lots in Grafton. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, May Term, 1845,— Williams, Ch. J., presiding.
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Ejectment for lot No. 12 of the second range of lots in Grafton. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, May Term, 1845,— Williams, Ch. J., presiding. On trial the plaintiff gave in evidence the plan of the town, by which it appeared, that the lot in question was divided to the right granted to the society for propagating the gospel in foreign parts ; and also proved, that the town, in 1806, sold the lot to Bartholomew Fuller, who entered into possession of the same and paid the annual rent to the town. He also gave in evidence a deed of the same land from Fuller to Amos Davis, dated…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Davis, J.
It appears by the exceptions and the deeds therein referred to, that lot No. 12, in the second range of lots in Grafton, to recover which this action was brought, is a part of the right appropriated in the charter of the town to the society for propagating the gospel in foreign parts. This lot, as early as 1806, was sold (leased) by the town to Fuller, the plaintiff’s intestate, in pursuance of the act of the legislature of October 30, 1794 ; and he took possession and paid rent for several years to the town. Several intermediate conveyances…
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