Waterhouse v. Benton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
MOTION fu> a new trial. This v, us ⅛ action of ejectment for sui equal undivided moiety oí a gate, Í of land in Toiland.
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MOTION fu> a new trial. This v, us ⅛ action of ejectment for sui equal undivided moiety oí a gate, Í of land in Toiland. The d On the trial, it appeared, that in the year 1770, John 11 air den, the eider, hy deed of gift, conveyed the whole of the described land to John Waldm, (lit younger, ami haac If al~ den ; that afterwards, the plaintiff, IVfdnhovsc, levied sundry executions in his favour again?! John If aldcn, Use younger, on his moiety of the land, for the recovery oí which, this ac* tion was brought. The defendant claimed one moiety of ¡he land, hy virtue of a deed from Jonathan…
1Opinion of the CourtEdmond, J.
On the motion for a new trial, it appears, that John Walden, the eider, in 1776, conveyed the described land to Isaac Walden and John Walden, the younger ; — Wa-terhouse levied sundry executions in his favour, on the moiety of John, the younger ; and to recover this moiety, he brings this action. Jonathan Walden levied an execution in his fa-vour on Isaac Walden's moiety, and conveyed it to the defendant Benton ; on the death of John, the elder, Jonathan, as administrator of his estate, which was insolvent, sold the other moiety to the defendant, by reason of a debt previously due from John,…
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