Legal Opinion

de Nottbeck v. Chapman

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided October 7, 1919PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Action op Ejectment. Plea, tbe general issue. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1918, Bennington County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

"Watson, C. J.

This action of common-law ejectment is to recover the possession of real estate situated in Dorset, known as the Hodge place. It is brought against the defendant personally and as administratrix of the estate of her mother, Elizabeth Chapman, deceased.

At the close of the evidence, plaintiff moved that a verdict be directed in her favor; but the motion failed to point out the precise ground on which it was based, and so the overruling of it was not error. No authorities need be cited.

Error is claimed to have been committed by the court in admitting evidence on the question of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Armstrong v. NobleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1883
  2. Pope v. HoganSupreme Court of Vermont · 1918
  3. Magoon v. BeforeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1901
  4. Durgin v. Town of DanvilleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1874
  5. Read v. SturtevantSupreme Court of Vermont · 1868

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Morgan v. GouldSupreme Court of Vermont · 1923
  2. Dyer v. LalorSupreme Court of Vermont · 1920
  3. Berkley v. Burlington Cadillac Co. Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1923
  4. Dailey v. Town of LudlowSupreme Court of Vermont · 1929
  5. Levin v. RouilleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1938

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