Grant v. Parham
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of ejectment for about twenty acres of lot No. 11, in the 12th range in the town of Berlin. Plea, not guilty, and trial by the court. It was admitted, on trial, that the plaintiff was entitled to recover, unless defeated by the following facts.
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This was an action of ejectment for about twenty acres of lot No. 11, in the 12th range in the town of Berlin. Plea, not guilty, and trial by the court. It was admitted, on trial, that the plaintiff was entitled to recover, unless defeated by the following facts. Azariah Grant, the husband of the plaintiff, died, seized and possessed of the premises in question, in the month of April, 1825. On the 14th of October of the same year, the plaintiff conveyed, by deed of quit-claim, executed in due form of law, all her right and interest in, and to, the whole of said lot No. 11 — more particularly…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
It is admitted the plaintiff must recover in this case, unless she is prevented by her deed, executed on the 14th day of October, 1825, after the death of her husband. In that deed she conveyed, by quit-claim, all her right and interest in lot No. 11, and particularly her right of dower, to one Brown, under whom the defendant claims. Her dower was not, at that time, assigned to her, but afterwards, on the 14th of July, 1826, was duly assigned to her, and contains the land sued for. By the statute, the widow is entitled to dower in…
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