Selleck v. Starr
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of ejectment for a small tract of land in the village of Middlebury, upon which the defendant’s office stands. The plaintiff showed by several conveyances that the premises had been regularly conveyed from Gamaliel Painter, the owner, to Miller, and by him to the plaintiff.
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This was an action of ejectment for a small tract of land in the village of Middlebury, upon which the defendant’s office stands. The plaintiff showed by several conveyances that the premises had been regularly conveyed from Gamaliel Painter, the owner, to Miller, and by him to the plaintiff. It appeared further that the grantor of the plaintiff, Epaphras Miller, had in the year 1808 conveyed another piece of land adjoining this to the defendant, in consideration of a piece of land conveyed at the same time — that the defendant reconveyed the same to said Miller and took from him a life-lease…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, C. J.
■ In this case it is admitted that Epaphras Miller, who deeded the premises in question to the plaintiff, was the owner of the same, and the defendant claimed only an estate therein during his life. It appears that it was in evidence that the defendant was in possession claiming such estate, and although he consented to an exchange or a removal of the office from its present site before Miller deeded to plaintiff, yet the agreement was not perfected, and before the deed was delivered the office was replaced on the same foundation where it had formerly stood. It was claimed on the part of the…
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