Stanton v. Bannister
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of ejectment for lands in Pownal. It was originally brought against Bannister and one Joseph Miers.— Miers filed a disclaimer, on which an issue was joined, and having had two verdicts in his favor, he was left out of the action.
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This was an action of ejectment for lands in Pownal. It was originally brought against Bannister and one Joseph Miers.— Miers filed a disclaimer, on which an issue was joined, and having had two verdicts in his favor, he was left out of the action. On the last trial between ‘Stanton and Bannister, the former recovered, and exceptions were allowed, on which the cause was brought up to the Supreme Court. 'The plaintiff claimed title by virtue of the levy of an » « . , , ^ „ ( , in his favor against Bannister. The title of Bannister was in right of his wife, being a portion set off to her before…
1Opinion of the Court
Afterwards, during the term, the following opinion of the Court was delivered by .. . ¡
Hutchinson, J.
The Court consider the copies of the probate record of the division of J2. Mann’s estate, offered by the plaintiff and objected to by the defendant, to have been correctly admit*469ted. They were sufficient for the purpose for which they werel offered. Had it been a recent transaction, and depended wholly upon the report of the committee accepted by the probate court, it would have been deficient, without something to show the previous steps, as contended by the defendant’s counsel. In like…
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