Townsend v. Downer
Supreme Court of Vermont
Conveyances of land, by idhat law governed. Sufficiency of their acknowledgment or proof and record prior to 1797. Co-grantor, his competency to prove execution of deed by the other's, and his presumed interest. Ejectment for lot No. 50, in that part of Williston which was formerly a part of Burlington. Plea, the general issue and trial by jury, September Term, 1852,— Poland, J., presiding.
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Conveyances of land, by idhat law governed. Sufficiency of their acknowledgment or proof and record prior to 1797. Co-grantor, his competency to prove execution of deed by the other's, and his presumed interest. Ejectment for lot No. 50, in that part of Williston which was formerly a part of Burlington. Plea, the general issue and trial by jury, September Term, 1852,— Poland, J., presiding. The plaintiff’s testimony tended to show that Thomas Youngs was one of the original grantees of the town of Burlington, which was chartered in 1763, and that said lot No. 50 was drawn to his right; that by…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered at the circuit session, in September, 1855, by
Redfield, Ch. J.
This case having been twice argued, it seems desirable to determine it, without further delay. It was decided in the court below, upon a very narrow ground, the sufficiency of the acknowledgment and record of the deed from Youngs to Heman Allen, dated April 10,1773, and acknowledged the 14th of the same April, and recorded February 20,1795, It is of course not necessary to go beyond these questions. No question of presumption has been properly raised in the case, and whether one can be raised…
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