Legal Opinion

Town of Colchester v. Culver

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided December 15, 1856PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The facts in the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Isham, J.

The orators seek to have perfected in themselves a title to lot No. 215 in Colchester, which, it is averred, was conveyed to them by Phineas Culver on the 14th of December, 1821. *112The premises are part of the ministerial right in that town, all of which, it is claimed, was conveyed to the plaintiffs except lot No. 91, which was reserved by the grantor. It is stated in the bill and admitted in the answers that Ulr. Culver was seized of the premises in fee, as being the first settled minister in that town, and that there is upon the town records…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wadsworth v. WendellNew York Court of Chancery · 1821
  2. Williams v. BassSupreme Court of Vermont · 1850

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. J. P. Eustis Manufacturing Co. v. Saco Brick Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  2. Townsend v. Estate of DownerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1859
  3. Henkleman v. PetersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Russ v. FaySupreme Court of Vermont · 1857
  5. Henkleman v. PetersonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893

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