Wells v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Vermont
This cause was heard at the September Term, 1879, Franklin County. Royce, Chancellor, stated and decreed as follows : The above cause was heard on bill, joint answer of the defendants and proofs.
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This cause was heard at the September Term, 1879, Franklin County. Royce, Chancellor, stated and decreed as follows : The above cause was heard on bill, joint answer of the defendants and proofs. The only evidence used on the hearing was the lease referred to in the bill, and copy of a conveyance from Soule to the orator dated the 12th day of Eeb., A. D. 1879. It is adjudged and ordered that a decree pass for the orator; and in as- _ certaining the amount of said decree, the master is to estimate the sum due on account of said lease on the 1st day of October, A. D. 1872, at §2,598.37; on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
From the bill, answer and testimony, which was agreed to be received, although the answer is not traversed, it appears that Rensselaer Soule on the 30th day of September, 1862, loaned the defendant, George Robinson, $3,391; and to secure the payment of the same, as well as eight per cent, interest thereon, the defendants conveyed to said Soule on that day, by a warranty deed their farm, situated in Geoi’gia and Fairfax, and took back from said Soule a lease thereof, in perpetuity, in which rent was reserved at the rate of eight per cent, on…
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