Morgan v. Armington
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment for one hundred and fifty-seven equal and undivided eight hundred fiftieth parts of a certain piece of land in Ludlow. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, at the May Term, 1859, — Redfield, Ch. J., presiding. The plaintiff claimed title to the premises declared for by virtue of a levy of an execution, made November 22d, 1856, in his favor against the defendant, who was then the owner of the whole of the piece of land in question.
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Ejectment for one hundred and fifty-seven equal and undivided eight hundred fiftieth parts of a certain piece of land in Ludlow. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, at the May Term, 1859, — Redfield, Ch. J., presiding. The plaintiff claimed title to the premises declared for by virtue of a levy of an execution, made November 22d, 1856, in his favor against the defendant, who was then the owner of the whole of the piece of land in question. By this levy, one hundred and fifty-seven equal and undivided parts of such land were set off to the plaintiff in satisfaction of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBarrett, J.
The plaintiff relies for title to the premises sued for upon the levy of an execution in his favor against the defendant. The return of said levy sets forth the land covered by it by metes and bounds, containing half an acre more or less, the'proper estate of the said Samuel L. Armington in fee. It then sets forth the due appointment of appraisers, and that they appraised one hundred and fifty-seven equal and undivided eight hundred and fiftieths oí the above described premises, with a dwelling-house and other buildings thereon, at the sum of one hundred and fifty-seven dollars as its true…
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