Wood v. Willard
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass or the freehold. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, Windsor County Court, December Term, 1863, Barrett, J., presiding. The controversy between the parties was in relation to the dividing line between lands owned by the plaintiffs and lands owned by James N. Willard.
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Trespass or the freehold. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, Windsor County Court, December Term, 1863, Barrett, J., presiding. The controversy between the parties was in relation to the dividing line between lands owned by the plaintiffs and lands owned by James N. Willard. The plaintiffs owned the west part, and the said Willard the east part, of what is known as the “Governor’s Right,» being five hundred acres of land reserved by Governor Wentworth' to himself in the original charter of the town of Hartland. The ■ plaintiffs claim title by virtue of a deed from David H. Sumner to…
1Opinion of the CourtPierpoint, J.
This is an action of trespass on the freehold, and the controversy between the parties at the trial below was as to the location of the dividing line between lands owned by the plaintiffs and lands owned by said James N. Willard.
It appears from the bill of exceptions, that prior to the year 1812 a controversy had arisen between one Thomas Denny and Charles Willard, who were then the owners of these lands, as to the dividing line between their respective lands, and a suit between them was pending in court.
This controversy was settled by the parties, by their agreeing upon a division of said…
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