Hubbard v. Bugbee
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit, general and special. Heard on the report of a referee, December Term, 1883, Caledonia County, Ross, J., presiding. Judgment for the defendant. The special.count set up the material facts, averred that the defendant had a separate estate, created the debt on its faith and credit, and when discovert promised to pay it. Fleas, general issue, Statute of Limitations and coverture at the time of making the alleged promises.
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Assumpsit, general and special. Heard on the report of a referee, December Term, 1883, Caledonia County, Ross, J., presiding. Judgment for the defendant. The special.count set up the material facts, averred that the defendant had a separate estate, created the debt on its faith and credit, and when discovert promised to pay it. Fleas, general issue, Statute of Limitations and coverture at the time of making the alleged promises. The referee found, that the defendant was the daughter of John Bowen and Hannah B. Bowen, who lived on a farm in Concord, owned by Hannah B., who deceased sometime…
1Opinion of the Court
*176The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Powers, J.
It has been assumed in the argument of this case .that the defendant took and held, under the will of her mother, a separate estate in the farm and live stock in question.
The referee in his report says that “The defendant took and had such an interest in said farm as is given by said will; and there was no evidence that she ever had any other interest or title therein”; and that “the defendant’s title to said live stock was such only as said will gave her.”
If, therefore, the defendant had a separate estate in the farm and live stock, it was…
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