Brown v. Edson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment for land in Plymouth. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, December Term, 1850, — Collamee, J., presiding. The plaintiff claimed title to the land, described in his declaration, as part of the right of John Grimes, who was one of the original proprietors under the charter of Plymouth, then called Saltash, granted by Benning Wentworth, governor of the province of New Hampshire.
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Ejectment for land in Plymouth. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, December Term, 1850, — Collamee, J., presiding. The plaintiff claimed title to the land, described in his declaration, as part of the right of John Grimes, who was one of the original proprietors under the charter of Plymouth, then called Saltash, granted by Benning Wentworth, governor of the province of New Hampshire. No question was made in reference to any of the deeds, by which the title was transmitted from Grimes to the plaintiff, excepting as follows. The plaintiff offered in evidence an office copy of a deed…
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The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
This case involves numerous questions, and many of very considerable importance. The case being presented very much at length on the exceptions, and having been very thoroughly discussed at the bar, it seems important to the interests of the parties, that all the questions presented, which are material to its final determination should now be decided.
I. The first question arises in regard to an office copy of a deed from John Grimes to Josiah Willard of the right in question, being the right of said Grimes to one share of land in the town…
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