Russell v. Richards
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This was trover for a saw-mill, and is the same ease reported si 1 Fairf. 429. it appeared that the mill in question was built * by tlie procurement of Aaron Church and Shubael Vance, upon , a privilege belonging to William Vance, by his eonsent.
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This was trover for a saw-mill, and is the same ease reported si 1 Fairf. 429. it appeared that the mill in question was built * by tlie procurement of Aaron Church and Shubael Vance, upon , a privilege belonging to William Vance, by his eonsent. In June, J 1827, Seth Emerson recovered judgment against said S. Vance and Church ; and in September following, tlie mill was seised on the execution which issued upon said judgment, by Simeon Bradbury, a deputy sheriff, and after being duly advertised, was sold to the plaintiff, he being the highest bidder therefor. It appeared, that, at the time…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered in Cumberland, at the term in August ensuing, by
Mellen C. J.
This cause has been once under our consideration, see 1 Fairf. 429. The principal question then distinctly presented to view had respect to the nature of the property which Church and *S. Vance had in the mill, which they erected at their expense on the land and by the consent of William Vance; and to the effect and operation of the deed from him to the defendant's in the then existing circumstances of the property and the parties to the conveyance. The verdict, which was in favor of the…
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