Aiken v. Smith
Supreme Court of Vermont
Account, in several counts, charging the defendant as bailiff, and bailiff and receiver, for the common benefit of the, plaintiffs and defendant, of a quantity-of oats, corn, hay, peas and wheat, in which it was alleged the plaintiffs and defendant had'an equal interest, as tenants in common.
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Account, in several counts, charging the defendant as bailiff, and bailiff and receiver, for the common benefit of the, plaintiffs and defendant, of a quantity-of oats, corn, hay, peas and wheat, in which it was alleged the plaintiffs and defendant had'an equal interest, as tenants in common. The defendant pleaded, that the plaintiffs did not, previous to the commencement of the suit, demand of the defendant, that he render his account for the time during which he was alleged to have been bailiff of the common property, — and that he was never bailiff, as alleged, — and that the plaintiffs…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
This is an action of account at common law, and the important inquiry is,, were these parties tenants in common of *179the growing crops upon the farm let by Smith to Austin, until a severance had been effected 1 The operative part of the contract is, that Smith agrees to let to Austin the farm, commencing the first of April, 1842, and to continue from year to year for the space of five years, or so long as the parties shall agree and be satisfied, after the usual custom of farmers, that is, “the produce to be equally divided between them, in…
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