Huntley v. Houghton
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass guare clausum fregit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court on an agreed statement of facts at the September Term, 1909, Windham County, Hall, J., presiding. Judgment pro forma for defendants to recover their costs. Plaintiffs Axcepted. The opinion states the case. Where the particular and general description in a deed conflict the former will control.
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Trespass guare clausum fregit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court on an agreed statement of facts at the September Term, 1909, Windham County, Hall, J., presiding. Judgment pro forma for defendants to recover their costs. Plaintiffs Axcepted. The opinion states the case. Where the particular and general description in a deed conflict the former will control. Spiller v. Scribner, 36 Vt. 245; Cummings v. Black & Covell, 65 Vt. 76; Beach v. Stearns, 1 Aik. 325; Gilman v. Smith, 12 Vt. 150; Keenan et ux. v. Cavanaugh, 44 Vt. 268; Bundy v. Morgan, 45 Vt. 46; Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Dyer,…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This was an action of trespass on the freehold. The case was submitted to the county court on an agreed statement of facts; and on such statement judgment was rendered pro forma for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted.
In 1883, Mary B. G. Eddy conveyed to Stephen Houghton a certain farm in Londonderry containing, according to the description in the deed, about ninety-five acres, subject to an annual rent to the Londonderry Grammar School Corporation. In 1890, Frank P. Fuller conveyed to the same grantee a triangular piece of land of about three and a half acres adjoining the land conveyed by…
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- Morrow v. WillardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1857
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