Hall v. Collins
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of lands in Tinmoutb, and was brought up to this Court on the following bill of exceptions i “ Upon the trial of the cause before the county court, A. T. 1830, the plaintiff claimed title to the premises in question by virtue of an attachement, judgement, and levy of an execution, in bis favor against one John Collins, jun.
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This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of lands in Tinmoutb, and was brought up to this Court on the following bill of exceptions i “ Upon the trial of the cause before the county court, A. T. 1830, the plaintiff claimed title to the premises in question by virtue of an attachement, judgement, and levy of an execution, in bis favor against one John Collins, jun. Said execution, dated 20th November, 1827, and levied by I. Dike, jr. Esq., sheriff, on the 4th day of January, 1828; which levy was not objected to by the defendant. The plaintiff then offered in evidence a copy of…
1Opinion of the Court
Baylies, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court. — We are called upon to consider the effect of a vendue deed, executed by Isaac Burton, collector of taxes, to Daniel Douglass, on the 4th ofJune, A. D.1819, whichdeedis made part ofthe case, and is marked A.
The power of Isaac Burton, as collector, to convey the land in question,to satisfy the taxes,may be learned in the opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, expressed in the cases refer-*324rec* t0 ^ defendant’s council. In the case of Stead’s Executors vs. Course, 4 Cranch, 403, the court say, “ It would be go-mg too far to say that a…
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- Williams v. Peyton's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Stead's Executors v. CourseSupreme Court of the United States · 1808
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