Stevens v. Goodenough
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the court of chancery. The bill charges, that January 19, 1850, the defendant and Gaius R. Goodenough, her then husband, owned as tenants in common a farm situated partly in Brattleboro and partly in Guilford, of which the defendant owned five undivided eighths for life, and Gaius R. the other three-eighths, and the remainder of the five-eighths at defendant’s decease.
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Appeal from the court of chancery. The bill charges, that January 19, 1850, the defendant and Gaius R. Goodenough, her then husband, owned as tenants in common a farm situated partly in Brattleboro and partly in Guilford, of which the defendant owned five undivided eighths for life, and Gaius R. the other three-eighths, and the remainder of the five-eighths at defendant’s decease. That Gaius R. was indebted to the orators severally, and that they each sued him before a justice of the peace, and obtained judgments. Dutton & Clark for $42,-64; Lynde for $32,19 ; Yaw for $13,22; and Stevens for…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Isham, J.
We are satisfied that this bill was properly dismissed by the chancellor. The deed of Gardner Briggs, and the payment of the purchase money by Fatima Goodenough, vested in her, as her separate property, the land described in the deed. The application of five hundred dollars due to her from the estate of her father, was clearly a payment of that character. The same may be said of the note of two hundred dollars, signed by her and *683her husband, which was secured by mortgage on the premises, and was given to Briggs, for the balance due on the…
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