Legal Opinion

Hadley v. Havens

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided April 15, 1852PublishedCited by 4 opinions

This was an action to recover the possession of certain premises of tile plaintiff’s, occupied by the defendant, situated in Waterford, as by plaintiff’s declaration, which is as follows:— “ In a plea, that said defendant answer to the complaint of said.

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This was an action to recover the possession of certain premises of tile plaintiff’s, occupied by the defendant, situated in Waterford, as by plaintiff’s declaration, which is as follows:— “ In a plea, that said defendant answer to the complaint of said. “ J. A. Hadley, for that, the defendant is in possession of the lands “ and tenaments of the plaintiff, to wit., being twenty-five acres of “ land, and the dwelling house, and other buildings, all in said “Waterford, occupied by said defendant, belonging to said plain- “ tiff, which he holds unlawfully, against the right of the plaintiff, “…

1Opinion of the Court

Bx the Court.

This is a prosecution under the 30th section of the act, Comp. Stat. p. 308, entitled “ Forcible entry and “ detainer,” in which plaintiff seeks to recover the possession of the premises described in his writ, upon which the defendant has entered under a contract, or parol lease, for one year. The proceedings are not attempted to be sustained, on the ground that the premises are detained by the tenant, after the determination of the lease by its own limitation, as they were commenced before the expiration of the year embraced in their contract, hut they are sought to be…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. University of Vermont & State Agricultural College v. WardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1932
  2. Foss v. StantonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1904
  3. Hinsman v. Marble Savings BankSupreme Court of Vermont · 1926
  4. Barnes v. TenneySupreme Court of Vermont · 1880

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