Chamberlin v. Donahue
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment for certain premises in Peacham. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, December term, 1871, Ross, J., presiding. Guy Chamberlin, husband of the plaintiff, who died about 1858, owned the demanded premises, and occupied them at the time of his decease as a homestead, at which time they were not worth over $500. He left no minor children, but left two daughters ; one, married and residing away from home ; the other, unmarried and residing at home.
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Ejectment for certain premises in Peacham. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, December term, 1871, Ross, J., presiding. Guy Chamberlin, husband of the plaintiff, who died about 1858, owned the demanded premises, and occupied them at the time of his decease as a homestead, at which time they were not worth over $500. He left no minor children, but left two daughters ; one, married and residing away from home ; the other, unmarried and residing at home. No administration was ever granted upon his estate, and said premises were never conveyed after his decease. The unmarried…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
This suit was ejectment to recover possession of plaintiff’s homestead in Peacham.
The plaintiff resided on her homestead with an unmarried daughter, and while she was temporarily absent at Bradford, on a visit to her married daughter, the defendant intermarried with the maiden dáughter, on the 8th of May, 1863. The plaintiff returned- to her home in November, 1863, and occupied the house about a year, the defendant living in the house with the daughter. The daughter, up to the time of her marriage, lived with the plaintiff as a child and…
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