Pierce v. Kusic
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment.' Trial by court, March Term, 1883, Washington County, Eedeield, J., presiding. Judgment for the defendant. It was agreed that the premises sued for are a dwelling-house and lot in the village of Nortlifield; that one Perry Marsh purchased them in 1869 ; that his family consisted of himself and his wife; and that they occupied the premises as a homestead until her decease in September, 1876. It was also agreed that after the death of his wife, the said, Marsh and…
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Ejectment.' Trial by court, March Term, 1883, Washington County, Eedeield, J., presiding. Judgment for the defendant. It was agreed that the premises sued for are a dwelling-house and lot in the village of Nortlifield; that one Perry Marsh purchased them in 1869 ; that his family consisted of himself and his wife; and that they occupied the premises as a homestead until her decease in September, 1876. It was also agreed that after the death of his wife, the said, Marsh and the defendant as his hired woman occupied the premises as a homestead until his death in February, 1882, and that the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rowell, J.
The Homestead Act provides that “ the homestead of a housekeeper or head of a family, consisting of a dwelling-house, out-buildings, and the land used in connection therewith, not exceeding five hundred dollars in value, and used *420or kept by suck housekeeper or head of a family as a homestead, shall * * * be exempt from attachment and execution, except,” etc. R. L.-s. 1894.
Perry Marsh was a housekeeper, and used the demanded premises as a homestead, which in character and value fulfilled all the requirements of the statute, and the case comes…
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