Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts v. Town of Pawlet
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS cabse was cortified to this court from the circuit court of the United .States for the district of Vermont: the judgés of that court being opposed in opinion on. certain questions ofr law. which arose at. the trial. The action was ..an.-ejectment, brought to recover “the first division lot laid out to the right of said society in Paw-let, containing fifty, acres.”
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THIS cabse was cortified to this court from the circuit court of the United .States for the district of Vermont: the judgés of that court being opposed in opinion on. certain questions ofr law. which arose at. the trial. The action was ..an.-ejectment, brought to recover “the first division lot laid out to the right of said society in Paw-let, containing fifty, acres.” The cause was tried at October term 1828 ;.and after the testimony on both sides was closed the jury were discharged, upon the disagreement of the judges of the court, on the several points herein stated, arising Upon the facts…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This cause is certified to this court, from the circuit court for the district of Vermont; upon certain points upon which the judges of that court were opposed in opinion...
The original action was an ejectment, in the nature of a real action, according to the local practice, in which no. fictitious.persons intervene; and it was brought in May 1824, to recover a certain lot of land, being the first division lot laid out to the right of a society in the town of Pawlet. The plaintiffs are described in the writ as “ the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, a corporation…
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