Giddings v. Cox
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment for lot number six in the seventh range of the first division of lands in the town of Mount Tabor, drawn to the orig-? inal right of Daniel Harris. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, at the September Term, 1858,—Aldis, J., presiding.
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Ejectment for lot number six in the seventh range of the first division of lands in the town of Mount Tabor, drawn to the orig-? inal right of Daniel Harris. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, at the September Term, 1858,—Aldis, J., presiding. It appeared front the testimony of the plaintiff, that Daniel Harris was one of the original proprietors of the town of Harwich, now Mount Tabor, and that the town was divided among the proprietors, and the laud in suit was set to his proprietary right; that he by his will devised his right of land in the town to his “ daughter Elizabeth…
1Opinion of the CourtBennett, J.
This is an action of ejectment for lot number six in the seventh range, first division, drawn to the right of Daniel Harris, and situated in Mount Tabor,
Daniel Harris’ daughter Elizabeth, by the devise of her father, held the title to this lot in fee tail, that is, to herself and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten. She married Christopher Bates, and had by him issue, a daughter, who married Silas Giddings, who with his wife brings this suit. The daughter of Daniel Harris, Mrs. Bates, died on the 24th of February, 1833, and her husband, Christopher Bates, survived her until the 24th of…
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