Hall v. Hall
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was am action of ejectment fot a tenement in Mid-dlebury, tried in the County Court. — Plea, General Issue. In support of his title, the plaintiff gave in evidence a deed of the premises in question, from Jacob Bartholomew, dated September 11, 1809, which was admitted.
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This was am action of ejectment fot a tenement in Mid-dlebury, tried in the County Court. — Plea, General Issue. In support of his title, the plaintiff gave in evidence a deed of the premises in question, from Jacob Bartholomew, dated September 11, 1809, which was admitted. For the purpose of showing the title out of the plaintiff, the defendant then offered in evidence a deed of the premises from the plaintiff to Horatio Seymour, dated the 26th of August, 1816, which was admitted. The plaintiff then offered in evidence a deed from the' said Horatio Seymour to himself of the premises, dated…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was pronounced by
Paddock, J.
The Court coincide with the counsel in opinion, that,..upon its appearing that the defendant’s title is derived from the plaintiff, by levy of her execution upon the lands in question, her objection to the introduction of the deed from Seymour, fails altogether; for if the Statute of 1807 were not in existence, and any thing pased to the plaintiff by the deed, it would certainly inure to her benefit, if she held by conveyance from plaintiff, by deed of warrantee; because, if the title were not good the grantor would be held upon his…
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