Dewey v. Long
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment for certain land in Guildhall, which was described in the declaration. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury.
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Ejectment for certain land in Guildhall, which was described in the declaration. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury. The plaintiffs claimed title to the said land, by virtue of a recovery of a judgment in their favor, for $475 37 against the defendant, James Long; upon which judgment the plaintiffs took out execution and levied the same upon said land, and set the same off to satisfy said execution, on the 16th day of Novembei’, 1846. The said farm was purchased by the defendant, John Long, of Brickett & Thayer, and was deeded by them to the said John,- on the first day of April,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered' by
Is ham, J.
To sustain this action, it is necessary for the plaintiffs to prove in themselves the legal title, and right of possession to the premises in question, and that the defendants wrongfully withheld the same from them. For this purpose, the plaintiffs gave in evidence the record of a judgment in their favor against James Long, upon which execution was duly issued and levied upon the land, for which this suit is brought. No objections have been urged against the validity of the judgment, or the levy of the execution. We are therefore to treat…
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