Lampson v. Town of New-Haven
Supreme Court of Vermont
This cause, was set down for a hearing upon an amended bill, and the answer of the respondents, and a traverse to that answer.
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This cause, was set down for a hearing upon an amended bill, and the answer of the respondents, and a traverse to that answer. The substance of the amended bill, in the case was, That the town of JVew Haven, on the 20th of March, 1807, executed a conveyance of the glebe lot in that town to William Lampson, for a time as long as water runs and grass grows, and received therefor his promissory note for fifteen hundred dollars, payable on or before one hundred years from date, with interest annually ; That, to secure the payment of the said note, the said Lampson mortgaged the same lot, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hutchinson, Ch.
after stating the case, announced the decrea of the Court. The conveyance from the select-men toLampson may operate as a license for Lampson to occupy, so as not to leave him a trespasser upon the town ; but as a conveyance of the land,for which it was intended,is void,both upon principle and authority. The town had no other right to these lands, than to lease them out, upon an annual rent, as directed by the statute.— The annual rents they might, and must, appropriate for the support of schools: but, they have no right to anticipate the future rents, or, in other words,sell…
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