Paine v. Webster
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of ejectment for a tract of land in Swanton, described as lot No. 147. The defendants pleaded the general issue, which was joined. There was a trial by jury in the County Court at the last April Term; when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, under the direction of the court, with a view to save all the questions of law raised on trial, and let the same pass to the Supreme Court for a revision.
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This was an action of ejectment for a tract of land in Swanton, described as lot No. 147. The defendants pleaded the general issue, which was joined. There was a trial by jury in the County Court at the last April Term; when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, under the direction of the court, with a view to save all the questions of law raised on trial, and let the same pass to the Supreme Court for a revision. Accordingly the parties agreed upon a case in the form of a bill of exceptions, which was allowed as such by the judges of the County Court, and in which is exhibited the claim…
1Opinion of the CourtHutchinson, J.
as follows ; (he having first stated the case as herein before stated.) The decision of the court in this case must involve such an amount of property, and embrace principles so important, and be made by two justices only of the court, we have felt disposed to receive all the light upon the subject, which a full investigation could afford, and become fully satisfied of the correctness of the principles we adopt, before a final decision is announced. The Cause has been so industriously prepared and so ably argued by the counsel on both sides the present term, that we may safely conclude that…
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