Derrick v. Luddy
Supreme Court of Vermont
General assumpsit. Heard at the December term, 1891, Taft, J., presiding, upon the report of a referee. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The jilaintiff claimed to recover the amount of rent due under certain perpetual leases.
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General assumpsit. Heard at the December term, 1891, Taft, J., presiding, upon the report of a referee. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The jilaintiff claimed to recover the amount of rent due under certain perpetual leases. It appeared that the defendant bought the premises January 1; 1883, from one John A. Green, and the plaintiff introduced the deed from Green to the defendant, which contained the following clause : “ The said premises are subject to a lien of a certain annual land rent of twenty dollars, payable to Nellie Derrick, and are conveyed subject to the same.”…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
THOMPSON, J.
The referee in effect finds that "Weir and Green, the defendant’s immediate predecessors in his chain of title, held the farm occupied by him, as tenants of the plaintiff, attorning to her therefor by the payment of an annual rent of $20 while they owned it. Greene.in his deed to the defendant, dated January 1, 1883, admits that he so holds the premises ■in question, and declares that the defendant is to take the same charged with the same duties and relations by inserting in the deed this clause : “ The said premises are subject to the…
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