Richardson v. Dorr
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of covenant broken, brought on the covenants contained in the defendant’s deed to the plain- ' tiff, of lands in Charleston, late Navy, in Orleans County. Issue to the country. The writ, pleadings, deeds, and all papers used on the trial, are made a part of the case.
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This was an action of covenant broken, brought on the covenants contained in the defendant’s deed to the plain- ' tiff, of lands in Charleston, late Navy, in Orleans County. Issue to the country. The writ, pleadings, deeds, and all papers used on the trial, are made a part of the case. The defendant gave in evidence a deed, from John Rankin, Sheriff and Collector, of the lands in question, dated Nov. 21, 1799, and read the statute granting the tax upon which said lands were sold, and gave evidence to show that the defendant took possession of said lands under said deed in the spring of 1822,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Baylies, J.
This is an action of covenant broken, brought on the covenants contained in the deed from Dorr, the defendant, to Richardson, the plaintiff, dated April 7, 1827, of the whole lot number 75, (except 100 acres previously sold by said Dorr to Simeon Stearns) drawn to the first Division of the Right of Charles Jenkins, in the town of Charleston, late Navy, in the County of Orleans. The covenants are in these words : “ I am lawfully seised in foe of the “ aforesaid premises; that they are free of all ineumbran- “ ees; that I hare good right to…
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