Aldrich v. Griffith
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action on R. L., s. 4206, to recover damages for the cutting of trees upon the lands of the plaintiffs. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September term, 1892, Rutland county, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendant excepts. The evidence of the plaintiffs tended to show that the lands in question were situated in the southerly part of the town of Wallingford.
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Action on R. L., s. 4206, to recover damages for the cutting of trees upon the lands of the plaintiffs. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September term, 1892, Rutland county, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendant excepts. The evidence of the plaintiffs tended to show that the lands in question were situated in the southerly part of the town of Wallingford. The evidence of the defendant tended to show that they were situated in the northerly part of the town of Mt. Tabor. The question litigated before the jury was the location of the town line…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The defendant claims title to the locus .in quo by adverse possession for fifteen years, by himself .and his grantors, under color of title. He contends that the warranty deed from Arnold to the Winchesters and Horton, ■executed and delivered in A. D. 1864, and the conveyances to him in A. D. 1873 by Arnold’s grantees, .gave color of title. In these conveyances the land conveyed is specifically described by courses and distances. One •course runs “to the north line” of Mt. Tabor, “thence east •on the north line of Mt. Tabor,” etc. The division line between the towns of Wallingford and Mt.…
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