Amsden v. Atwood
Supreme Court of Vermont
General assumpsit. Plea, the general issue and offset. Trial by jury at the May term, 1894, Windsor county, Thompson, J., presiding. The court directed a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The plaintiff sought to recover for certain articles furnished by him to the defendant about which no question was made.
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General assumpsit. Plea, the general issue and offset. Trial by jury at the May term, 1894, Windsor county, Thompson, J., presiding. The court directed a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The plaintiff sought to recover for certain articles furnished by him to the defendant about which no question was made. He also claimed to recover for rent of power and use of mill under the contract of lease set forth in the opinion of the court from October 1, 1892, to the date of the writ in this suit, which was December 27,1892. The court directed sc verdict for the plaintiff in the sum…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
It appeared on the trial that the plaintiff was the owner of a water power, with a saw-mill and machinery situated thereon, in Windsor, and that on August 19, 1885, by an indenture, he leased a portion of the same to one Loring Atwood for the term of five years from October 1, 1885, at an annual rent of four hundred dollars, in quarterly payments of one hundred dollars, on the first of January, April, July and October. It was stipulated in the lease that the plaintiff should build a dry-house on the premises, and that the lessee should pay him as rent therefor eight per cent interest on its…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Haynes v. . AldrichNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Barlow v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Vermont · 1849
- Blumenberg v. MyresCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867
- Amsden v. FloydSupreme Court of Vermont · 1888
- Bradley v. CovelNew York Supreme Court · 1825
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Sartwell v. SowlesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1900
- W. H. Hobbs & Son v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1919
- McSweeney Et Ux. v. DornSupreme Court of Vermont · 1932
- Bergeron v. ForgerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1965
- Amsden v. AtwoodSupreme Court of Vermont · 1897
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