Trustees of Caledonia County Grammar School v. Howard
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1909, Caledonia County, Miles, J., presiding. It appearing that defendant Howard before suit brought had parted with -all title and possession of the demanded premises, he had judgment for his costs. Verdict ordered for defendant Kent, and judgment thereon. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion fully states the case.
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Ejectment. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1909, Caledonia County, Miles, J., presiding. It appearing that defendant Howard before suit brought had parted with -all title and possession of the demanded premises, he had judgment for his costs. Verdict ordered for defendant Kent, and judgment thereon. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion fully states the case. If the lot in question was never located to plaintiff’s right, then is plaintiff tenant in common of all the lands in Hardwick, and as such may maintain this action against a stranger. Pomeroy v. Mills, 3 Vt. 279;…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, C. J.
This is ejectment for lot No. 10 in the 18th range of lots in Hardwick in Caledonia county, alleged to be a part of a public right, and drawn to the right of the plaintiff. Plea, the general issue and trial by jury.
The town of Hardwick was chartered in 1781. The grant was to sixty-seven persons specifically named in equal shares, which, together with the five rights reserved to the several public uses therein named, included the whole town. One of the rights thus reserved was for “the use of county grammar schools,” which said right, and the right reserved for the use of a seminary or…
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