Ridout v. Burton
Supreme Court of Vermont
Fraud in law. Purchase by agent without disclosure of agency. Trespass for taking a cow; plea, the general issue; trial by jury, June Term, 1854, — Pierpoint, J., presiding.
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Fraud in law. Purchase by agent without disclosure of agency. Trespass for taking a cow; plea, the general issue; trial by jury, June Term, 1854, — Pierpoint, J., presiding. The plaintiff gave evidence tending to prove that on the 22d of November, 1840, she became of a,ge, and from that time continued to live in the family of Amos Eidout, her father, down to the 6th ■of January, 1846, at which time the said Amos gave her his note of $125.00 for her past services, which were worth that sum; and that in the month of March, 1846, while she was so continuing in said family, she made known to said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, Ch. J.
In this case a considerable number of ■exceptions are taken to the course of the trial in the county court.
I. It is said the case comes within the principle of the case of Mills v. Warner, 19 Vt. 609. But in that case the property attached was obtained, by exchange, for that sold. And the exchange was made by the vendor continuing in possession and so far as appears in the case, without the concurrence of, or consultation with the vendee. But in the present case the property originally sold had been converted into money, and the money…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Paris v. VailSupreme Court of Vermont · 1846
- Mills v. WarnerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1846
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- Fletcher v. WakefieldSupreme Court of Vermont · 1903
- Safford v. BurgessU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Vermont · 1877