Legal Opinion

Farrant v. Bates

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided October 15, 1887PublishedCited by 6 opinions

TRESPASS quare clausum fregit. Trial by jury, February Term, 1886, Orleans County, Eoss, J., presiding. Judgment on a special verdict for the plaintiff. Affirmed. The Newport & Eichford Eailroad runs across the premises /in question, and along and near Lake Memphremagog.

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TRESPASS quare clausum fregit. Trial by jury, February Term, 1886, Orleans County, Eoss, J., presiding. Judgment on a special verdict for the plaintiff. Affirmed. The Newport & Eichford Eailroad runs across the premises /in question, and along and near Lake Memphremagog. The defendant, at the time of the alleged trespasses, was the owner of a veneer mill situated near said close ; and it was in bringing the logs intended for use in the mill over the railroad, and rolling them from the cars on to the dump, and thence into the lake, that said trespasses were committed. It was conceded that the-…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Taft, J.

The only exception taken upon the trial below was to the rendition of judgment upon the special verdict. There was no general verdict. No exception having been taken to the action of the court in ruling upon any question which arose prior to or at the time the special verdict was returned, there is no question in this court for revision, save the one *44taken to the rendition of the judgment; and there was no error therein, if the facts established by the special findings are sufficient to support the judgment rendered. The special verdict, as we…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Goodenough v. HuffSupreme Court of Vermont · 1881

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Morgan v. GouldSupreme Court of Vermont · 1923
  2. Baker v. Sherman & MillerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1901
  3. Ranney v. St. Johnsbury & L. C. Rd.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1893
  4. Valiquette v. Clark Bros. Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1910
  5. In re Hall's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1898

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