Nason v. Blaisdell
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment, to recover the south half of lot No. 26, in St. Albans. Plea, not guilty. Issue to the country. Upon the trial, in the county court,'the plaintiff offered in evidence a deed from B. Langdon .to Wm. Nason of the land in question, dated November 26, 1801, which was admitted, and introduced evidence tending to prove that Wm.
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Ejectment, to recover the south half of lot No. 26, in St. Albans. Plea, not guilty. Issue to the country. Upon the trial, in the county court,'the plaintiff offered in evidence a deed from B. Langdon .to Wm. Nason of the land in question, dated November 26, 1801, which was admitted, and introduced evidence tending to prove that Wm. Nason took possession of the land, under said deed, as early as 1801, and occupied it until the time of his death in December, 1810; that after his death, his widow, Mary Nason, remained in possession of about twenty five acres of the east part of the south half…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
— The only important question arising in this case, which the court have deemed it necessary to decide, at this time, is, as to the effect of the judgment in favour of Bush v. Nason, September, 1827. There is no evidence in the case, except that furnished by the judgment itself, that John Nason was ever in possession of the premises, or that he is not a mere stranger to the title of Wm. Nason. For it does not appear that he ever claimed title under the will, or performed the conditions upon which the land was devised to him. It is to be…
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