Peterman v. Vermont Sav. Bank

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

This is an injunction suit to prevent the sale of 44.23 acres of land, which the plaintiff, Louis Joseph Peterman, bought from Homer E. Johnson, and which was once a part of Johnson’s Eruitland Plantation. The plantation was seized by the sheriff at the instance of the Vermont Savings Bank, in executory proceedings against Johnson, on a mortgage note for $16,000. Peterman, before buying the 44.23 acres of land from Johnson, employed an attorney to examine the title, and he, finding the $16,000 mortgage on record, had it canceled in so far as it affected the 44.23 acres.…