Meach v. Stone
Supreme Court of Vermont
was a suit in Chancery. The bill stated in substance^ that on the first day of April 1810, the Selectmen and Trustees of schools of the town of Charlotte, by indenture of that date, demised to Nehemiah Lowrey and his assigns, a lot of land in the town of Charlotte, containing ninety acres, for the term of nine hundred and ninety nine years, under a rent of $16,05 cents.to be paid annually, (setting out the indenture at length ) By virtue of which demise, the said Nehemiah…
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was a suit in Chancery. The bill stated in substance^ that on the first day of April 1810, the Selectmen and Trustees of schools of the town of Charlotte, by indenture of that date, demised to Nehemiah Lowrey and his assigns, a lot of land in the town of Charlotte, containing ninety acres, for the term of nine hundred and ninety nine years, under a rent of $16,05 cents.to be paid annually, (setting out the indenture at length ) By virtue of which demise, the said Nehemiah Lowrey, entered and was possessed of said lot. That afterwards, and before the first day of October, 1807, (the time not…
1Opinion of the Court
Chipman, Ch. J.
The bill in this case is very diffuse, and is very inartificially drawn. The practice, which has too much prevailed, has been pursued in this case — the practice of setting out long instruments in writing, in hace verdaj instead of pleading the legal effect of such instruments, which is the only correct mode of pleading. Thus a few lines may supply the place of whole pages, and be much more clear and intelligible; it is something worse than a useless incumbrance on the record.
The object of the bill is to obtain a specific performance of an agreement, stated to have been made…
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