Edgell v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of ejectment for certain lands in Lyndon. Plea, the general issue. The plaintiff claimed title by virtue of the levy of an execution which was conceded to be regular.
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This was an action of ejectment for certain lands in Lyndon. Plea, the general issue. The plaintiff claimed title by virtue of the levy of an execution which was conceded to be regular. The judgment was, as appears from the case, predicated upon certain notes executed to the plaintiff by one Micajah M. Lowell previous to March, 1825. The defendants claimed title by vittue of a deed from said Micajah M. Lowell, dated March 22, 1825, prior to the levy of the execution, conveying said Lowell’s whole farm for a consideration expressed of $400. The plaintiff, who was a creditor of Lowell,…
1Opinion of the Court
*536The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, J.
The title of the plaintiff is by the levy of an' execution in his favor against Micajah M. Lowell. The defend-aDts5 ls ^ deed fr°in the same person of a date prior to the levy. The plaintiff contends, that the defendants’ deed was fraudulent. Under a charge of the court, in which the law was very correctly given the jury, the title of the defendants was found to be fraudulent.
In the course of the trial, Lo^is Lowell, who was the widow of Micajah, the fraudulent grantor, was introduced as a witness. It appears that she was objected to, and…
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