Barney v. Currier
Supreme Court of Vermont
THIS was a bill in Chancery in which the Orator stated, in substance, that on the 20th day of May, 1807, the Orator being indebted to Levi Hungerford in the sum of $205, as security therefor, conveyed to the said Hungerford, by his deed of that date, a certain farm of land situate in S wanton in the County of Franklin, containing one hundred acres; and at the same time, the said Levi Hungerford executed a bond to the Orator with a condition, that, if the Orator should, on…
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THIS was a bill in Chancery in which the Orator stated, in substance, that on the 20th day of May, 1807, the Orator being indebted to Levi Hungerford in the sum of $205, as security therefor, conveyed to the said Hungerford, by his deed of that date, a certain farm of land situate in S wanton in the County of Franklin, containing one hundred acres; and at the same time, the said Levi Hungerford executed a bond to the Orator with a condition, that, if the Orator should, on the first day of September, 1807, pay to the said Levi Hungerford the said sum of $205 with interest, the said Hungerford…
1Opinion of the Court
Chipman, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the Court.
It is true that by the 5th Section of the Act regulating conveyances of real estates, it is enacted, that no deed of bargain and sale,' mortgage or other conveyance in fee simple, of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, shall be good and effectual in law, to hold such lands, tenements or hereditaments, against any other person or persons but the grantor or grantors and their heirs only, unless the deed or deeds thereof,' be asknowledged and recorded, as is provided in the act; but we must take this in connexion with the 14th Section of the…
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