Cushman v. Jordon
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment, to recover the seizin and possession of lot No. 32, in Wenlock. On the trial in the connty court, the plaintiff read in evidence the charter of Wenlock, dated in 1761, which showed that Stephen Upson, jr., was one of the original grantees, and it was admitted that the lot in question had been set to the right of said Upson.
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Ejectment, to recover the seizin and possession of lot No. 32, in Wenlock. On the trial in the connty court, the plaintiff read in evidence the charter of Wenlock, dated in 1761, which showed that Stephen Upson, jr., was one of the original grantees, and it was admitted that the lot in question had been set to the right of said Upson. The plaintiff also gave in evidence his letters of administration, dated November 6, 1832, and introduced testimony to prove that the defendant was in possession at the time when this suit was commenced. The defendant insisted that the grant of administration to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
The plaintiff sues as administrator of the estate of Stephen Upson, jr.,'one of the original grantees of the town ofWenlock, to recover the possession of lot *601No. 32, laid to the right of said Upson. The charter was dated in 1761, and Upson died more than sixty years before the time when this action was tried in the county court, and must have died before Vermont became an independent state. It appears that he left two sons and three daughters: One of his sons and one of his daughters, with her husband,conveyed their interest in the…
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