White v. Waite
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass de bonis. The case was referred, and the referee reported the following facts. The plaintiffs were married September 5th, 1868. The plaintiff Mary»A. White was a daughter of Charles B. Colman, who died in 1867. When married, the plaintiffs lived in Woodstock in this state. After the marriage, the said Mary received in money and articles of personal property from her father’s estate, $1,122.33, less the revenue tax.
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Trespass de bonis. The case was referred, and the referee reported the following facts. The plaintiffs were married September 5th, 1868. The plaintiff Mary»A. White was a daughter of Charles B. Colman, who died in 1867. When married, the plaintiffs lived in Woodstock in this state. After the marriage, the said Mary received in money and articles of personal property from her father’s estate, $1,122.33, less the revenue tax. Among the articles of personal property so received, was a buggy wagon, a calf, and an old sleigh. The plaintiffs moved from Woodstock to Chester, where they lived on a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
The referee does not, in terms, find that the distri- . bution of the estate of Charles B. Colman was subsequent to the marriage of the plaintiffs. He finds that they were married September 5, 1868; that Charles B. Colman, the father of Mary A. White, deceased in 1867; and that after her marriage, Mary A. White received from her father’s estate $1,122.23, less the revenue tax. From these facts, we think that the distribution of Colman’s estate may fairly be inferred to have been made subsequently to the marriage of the plaintiffs. The counsel…
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