Langdon v. Strong
Supreme Court of Vermont
Tisis was an action of ejectment for a lot of land in Parkerstown in this state, which was pending in the county court for Rut-land county, at the September term, 1827, when it was agreed by the parties that judgment should be rendered for the plaintiff, with stay of execution till a final decision of the Supreme Court upon a case agreed on. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff accordingly,and the cause removed to this Court for a hearing.
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Tisis was an action of ejectment for a lot of land in Parkerstown in this state, which was pending in the county court for Rut-land county, at the September term, 1827, when it was agreed by the parties that judgment should be rendered for the plaintiff, with stay of execution till a final decision of the Supreme Court upon a case agreed on. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff accordingly,and the cause removed to this Court for a hearing. The case and the papers referred to are voluminous, but the following •statement is sufficient to show the nature of the controversy. It appears, by the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
HutchinsoN, J.
This cause was removed here from the county court after a judgment for the plaintiff, and it comes up to be decided upon the question of title exhibited in the case agreed to by the parties: it being agreed that the defendants are in possession. This cause was ably argued before this Court at their last term in this county, and has again been ably argued at the present term. The majority of the Court are now agreed in opinion ; and, in justice to ourselves, I ought to say, we were equally agreed at the last term.
The plaintiff claims title…
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