Marshall v. Town
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for a quantity of corn which the plaintiff’s testimony tended to show was sold to him by William P. Briggs, on the 7th of December, 1852, at which time the plaintiff took a lease of the said Briggs’ real estate in Richmond.
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Trover for a quantity of corn which the plaintiff’s testimony tended to show was sold to him by William P. Briggs, on the 7th of December, 1852, at which time the plaintiff took a lease of the said Briggs’ real estate in Richmond. The written lease which was executed by them, contained a transfer of the corn in question, and of some other personal property, for all which, the plaintiff’s testimony tended to show, he was to pay 500 dollars to one Thomas Reed, to whom Briggs was indebted. The corn had been attached with other property on the 7th day of the preceeding October, upon a writ in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Isham, J.
The plaintiff claims title to the corn, for which this action is brought, under a contract of sale contained in a lease of certain premises to himself given by Mr. Briggs on the 7th of December, 1852, for which, the plaintiff was to pay Mr. Beed, to whom Mr. Briggs was then indebted, the sum of five hundred dollars. It appears from the case, that at the time of that sale, this corn, with other personal property, had been attached as the property of Mr. Briggs at the suit of Mr. Maynard, of Messrs. Wires & Peck, and of Whipple & Jones, and that…
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- Barney v. BrownSupreme Court of Vermont · 1829
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