Whipple v. Sheldon
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in chancery, by John IT. Whipple against Moses Sheldon and Merritt Sheldon. Heard at the December term, 1888, Bennington county, upon pleadings and master’s report. Taft, chancellor, dismissed the bill proforma. The orator appeals. The facts as to the record title sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Bill in chancery, by John IT. Whipple against Moses Sheldon and Merritt Sheldon. Heard at the December term, 1888, Bennington county, upon pleadings and master’s report. Taft, chancellor, dismissed the bill proforma. The orator appeals. The facts as to the record title sufficiently appear in the opinion. As to whether the defendant was to be considered a bona fide purchaser, the master reported as follows: “One Paddock owned and occupied a farm, known as the Richardson farm, and in connection therewith the parcel in dispute, known as the 102-acre piece. The Richardson farm was mortgaged for…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
TYLER, J.
This case was heard upon the bill, answer and master’s report. The controversy concerns the respective interests which the parties to the suit claim to have acquired to a certain tract of land situated in Dorset; the orator by an attachment upon a suit in his favor against H. N. Paddock, the owner of the land, followed by a sale on execution; and the defendant. *199by virtue of a deed from Paddock, executed and recorded some two days after the attachment.
No. 139, Acts of 1884, does not repeal chapter 83, R. L., relating to levy of executions; it…
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