O'Hear v. DeGoesbriand
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass qu. cl. er., with a count in case, for the destruction by the defendants of a pew in the Roman Catholic Church in Highgate. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, at the April Term, 1859, — Aldis, J., presiding.
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Trespass qu. cl. er., with a count in case, for the destruction by the defendants of a pew in the Roman Catholic Church in Highgate. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, at the April Term, 1859, — Aldis, J., presiding. The plaintiff's testimony tended to show the following facts : in November and December, 1848, and in January and February, 1849, the Roman Catholics of Highgate held a meeting to take measures for building a church: they appointed a clerk, a treasurer, and a committee to buy land arid obtain subscriptions: two subscription papers were drawn up and signed, one to buy the…
1Opinion of the CourtKellogg, J.
This is an action of trespass q. c., with a count in case joined under the statute, (Acts of 1856, No. 8,) for the destruction by the defendants of a pew in the Roman Catholic chapel or church in Highgate, which the plaintiff claims to have owned as his property.
It appeared from testimony introduced on the trial which was not controverted, that the building of this church was commenced in the year 1849, and finished in 1851, and that when the building was commenced, the land upon which it was erected was owned by Messrs. S. W. & S. S. Keyes; that from September, 1851, to the time of the…
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