Hubbard v. Norton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action upon the covenants of seisin and against incumbrances in a deed. The defendants, by their deed, dated the 6th of March, 1822, conveyed to the plaintiff “ a farm or pieces of land, containing 200 acres, (more or less) bounded North on the Bingham farm, West on lands of Andrew Frink, South on land belonging to the heirs of John Edmond, East on land of Jesse Smith, Miles Carter, H. Vandusen and E. H. Joscelin; also, one other piece, called Jack's Plain,…
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This was an action upon the covenants of seisin and against incumbrances in a deed. The defendants, by their deed, dated the 6th of March, 1822, conveyed to the plaintiff “ a farm or pieces of land, containing 200 acres, (more or less) bounded North on the Bingham farm, West on lands of Andrew Frink, South on land belonging to the heirs of John Edmond, East on land of Jesse Smith, Miles Carter, H. Vandusen and E. H. Joscelin; also, one other piece, called Jack's Plain, containing 50 acres, and bounded South on Nathaniel Church, East on highway, North on land of Hamlin's heirs, and West on…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Ch. J.
1. As to the evidence offered. It cannot seriously be contended, in the absence of testimony on the part of the defendants, but that the description in the defendants’ deed, as connected with the proof of the plaintiff, would include the lot No. 5. ; nor is there much doubt a to its extending to Frink’s line on the West, so as to include lot No. 6., as far North as the Bingham farm. But the defendants claim, that their deed, after describing the several tracts conveyed, refers to the deeds of their grantor, and thus makes them proper evidence, and in that connection, the parol…
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