Phillips v. Cutler
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery. Heard on the pleadings and findings of fact by the chancellor at the September Term, 1914, Washington County, Fish, Chancellor. Decree dismissing the bill with costs. The plaintiff appealed. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, C. J.
The house of the oratrix was owned by Timothy P. Redfield from 1848 until his death in 1888. It then passed by devise to his widow, who occupied it until her death in 1906. It then passed to the oratrix by inheritance, and has since been owned and occupied by her. The spring in question is on land formerly owned by J. C. Houghton; whose executrix leased the premises to the defendant in 1903 with a right of purchase, and conveyed them to him in 1912. The original pipe from the spring to the oratrix’s house was in the ground when Timothy P. Redfield purchased, and he and his successors in title…
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- Allen & Small v. FiskeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1869
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