Sowles v. Martin
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery, Franklin County. Heard at Chambers, on demurrer to the bill, Rowell, Chancellor. Demurrer sustained. The oiratrix appealed.
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Appeal in Chancery, Franklin County. Heard at Chambers, on demurrer to the bill, Rowell, Chancellor. Demurrer sustained. The oiratrix appealed. The bill stated the ordinary case of letting a farm at the halves by the oratrix to the defendant, Martin, and alleged that “your oratrix furnished much more than one half, her share, of the seeds and materials to carry on said farm, for which she was to have a lien and ownership on the entire products and profits of said farm and crops, until her full share of the profits and income and advancements were paid;” that Martin had not fulfilled his part…
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
The bill sets up a contract with defendant Martin for carrying on the oratrix’s farm on shares, and alleges that the oratrix was to have “a lien and ownership” on the entire products of the farm for whatever she might ad*182vanee and for her share of the products until the same were fully paid, and that she furnished more than her share of the seeds and materials, but that Martin has not delivered to her her share of the products.
The owner of a farm and a tenant on shares are tenants in common of the products, in the absence of any special provision modifying their relations. Frost v. Kellogg, 23…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Leach v. BeattieSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860
- Frost v. KelloggSupreme Court of Vermont · 1851
- Willmarth v. PrattSupreme Court of Vermont · 1884
3Cited by6 opinions
- Mead v. OwenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1907
- Doyle v. PolleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1960
- Mott v. BourgeoisSupreme Court of Vermont · 1938
- Underhill v. Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Vaillancourt v. GoverSupreme Court of Vermont · 1941
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