Webster v. Hildreth
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in Chancery. The material" factó of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. Poland, chancellor, dismissed the bill, from which decree the orator appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtAldis, J.
In 1844 Thomas Fisk deeded to his daughter Lucinda, the wife of Nathaniel Hildreth, a wild lot of land in Charleston. Hildreth and wife (the defendants) moved on to the lot, and have since lived on -it; have, with the help of their children, cleared up a large part of it, erected buildings and made valuable improvements. The lot was originally worth about two or three hundred dollars, and is now valued at twelve or fifteen hundred dollars, the increased value being in part from the rise of the land in price, and part in the improvements.
Hildreth, the husband, has by his labor and money…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pierce v. Estate of PierceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1853
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