Legal Opinion
Elodia B. v. Messier
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided November 3, 1981No. 116-81PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
This is an appeal by the defendants, Robert and Patricia Messier, from an order of the Franklin Superior Court modifying the report of commissioners in a partition proceeding. The defendants assert that the trial court erred when it modified the partition made by the commissioners. We agree and reverse.
The Messier family operated a 130-acre farm in Fairfield, Vermont, until 1965 when the family patriarch became ill: He died in 1968, and the farm was conveyed through a straw man to his widow and seven sons as joint tenants. In 1973 and 1974, individual lots were conveyed to four of the Messier…
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