Camp v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of ejectment, demanding the scisin and possession of such proportion of an undivided moiety of a certain piece of land in Durham, containing thirty rods, and of the buildings and vats standing thereon, and appurtenances thereto, and other implements for carrying on the tanning business, as 326-41 bears to 365. The cause was tried at Middletown, February term, 1822, before Brainard, J. The defendant was in possession of the premises, holding under Heth F.…
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This was an action of ejectment, demanding the scisin and possession of such proportion of an undivided moiety of a certain piece of land in Durham, containing thirty rods, and of the buildings and vats standing thereon, and appurtenances thereto, and other implements for carrying on the tanning business, as 326-41 bears to 365. The cause was tried at Middletown, February term, 1822, before Brainard, J. The defendant was in possession of the premises, holding under Heth F. Camp. Both the plaintiff and the defendant claimed title under Asa Chamberlain. The title claimed by the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
The plaintiff has brought an action of ejectment, for the recovery of a part of thirty rods of land, with the buildings and vats thereon, and appurtenant thereto, and other implements for carrying .on the tanning business. He claims title, by the levy of an execution, upon which the premises were appraised and set off, together with a barkmill, the possession of which is not demanded. To the validity of the levy it is objected, that the barkmill, and the other implements referred to, were personal property; and besides, not having been defined, that they are unaffected by the…
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