President of Middlebury College v. Lawton
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was a freehold action, brought before a justice of the peace, pursuant to the statute of 1842, and came by appeal to the county court for the county of Washington. The defendants pleaded several pleas; Lawton pleaded the general issue; Bucklin disclaimed as to all except fifty acres, and as to that pleaded the general issue; and Holden and Buxton disclaimed as to the fifty acres mentioned in the plea of Bucklin, and pleaded the general issue as to the residue.
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This was a freehold action, brought before a justice of the peace, pursuant to the statute of 1842, and came by appeal to the county court for the county of Washington. The defendants pleaded several pleas; Lawton pleaded the general issue; Bucklin disclaimed as to all except fifty acres, and as to that pleaded the general issue; and Holden and Buxton disclaimed as to the fifty acres mentioned in the plea of Bucklin, and pleaded the general issue as to the residue. Trial by the court, March Term, 1851, — Poland, J., presiding. On trial the facts were found as follows. On the eighth day of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kellogg, J.
This was a proceeding under the statute of 1842, to recover possession of a lot of land in the town of Warren. The suit was commenced before a justice of the peace, and came by appeal to the county court, where the defendants pleaded separately. The defendant Lawton pleaded not guilty. The defendant Bucklin, as to all the premises except fifty acres in the south corner of the lot, pleaded a disclaimer, and as to the fifty acres he pleaded not guilty. The defendants Buxton and Holden, as to the fifty acres in the south corner of the lot,…
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