Nason v. Blaisdell
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment for fifty acres of land in St Albans. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury. This was the action at law alluded to in the opinion of the court in the suit in chancery, Smith v. Blaisdell et al., ante, page 199, and the premises in question in the two cases were the same, and all the facts material to the right of revovery of the plaintiff in this case .are sufficiently detailed in that case.
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Ejectment for fifty acres of land in St Albans. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury. This was the action at law alluded to in the opinion of the court in the suit in chancery, Smith v. Blaisdell et al., ante, page 199, and the premises in question in the two cases were the same, and all the facts material to the right of revovery of the plaintiff in this case .are sufficiently detailed in that case. The clause in the will of William Nason, by which he devised to Asa Lock and his wife the use of a portion of the premises in question, was in these words, “It ‘ is my will and pleasure…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
It will be seen, by the decree made in the suit in chancery in favor of Smith against Blaisdell, that most of the questions raised in this case have been considered. We can see no objections to any of the decisions of the county court, except their charge in answer to the request of the defendant as to the estate taken by Lock and his wife under the will of William Nason. We are to suppose that it became material to decide what estate Lock and his wife took under that will, and if it was, the defendant was entitled to the charge asked…
2Cited by1 opinion
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