Society for the propagation of the Gospel v. Town of Sharon
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment for lands in Sharon. In the writ which was dated January 30th, 1852, the plaintiffs were described as “the society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, a corporation duly established in England, within the dominions of the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the members of which society are aliens, and subjects of said Queen.” Plea, not guilty; trial by jury, May Term, 1855, — Underwood J., presiding.
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Ejectment for lands in Sharon. In the writ which was dated January 30th, 1852, the plaintiffs were described as “the society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, a corporation duly established in England, within the dominions of the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the members of which society are aliens, and subjects of said Queen.” Plea, not guilty; trial by jury, May Term, 1855, — Underwood J., presiding. The plaintiffs read in evidence the charter of the town of Sharon, dated August 17, 17 61 ; the records of the proprietors of said Sharon, by which…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was deilvered, at the circuit session in October, by
Bennett, J.
In the opinion we are about,to pronounce, we shall only consider those points which we find it necessary to do, to dispose of the cause. It is not to be questioned, at the present day, but what the plaintiffs can maintain this action upon their title, unless, for some good cause, their right has been barred. We will first consider how the plaintiffs’ case stands as against the Hay-dens. The exceptions show that in 1796 the town of Sharon, by *611their selectmen, leased this lot of land to one Larkin Hunter, as…
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