Corliss v. Corliss
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment for ten acres of land in Bradford, claimed by the plaintiff as dower in the estate of Jacob Corliss, her late husband. — ■ Plea, the general issue. The cause was submitted to the jury on the following testimony: It was conceded that both parties derived title and claimed under Emerson Corliss.
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Ejectment for ten acres of land in Bradford, claimed by the plaintiff as dower in the estate of Jacob Corliss, her late husband. — ■ Plea, the general issue. The cause was submitted to the jury on the following testimony: It was conceded that both parties derived title and claimed under Emerson Corliss. The plaintiff, in support of the issue on her part, read to the jury a deed from Emerson Corliss to her late husband, Jacob Corliss, dated December 11th, 1828, acknowledged the same day, and re-corc^e^ lhe 19th °f May, 1831, conveying to said Jacob Corliss one half of the farm in Bradford, on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, J.
The case involves two principal inquiries: — 1st, Whether the premises sued for were port of the estate of Jacob Corliss,- deceased : — 2, Whether they were legally set out to the plaintiff, as dower in that estate.
The first question depends on the deed from Emerson Corliss to the said Jacob Corliss, dated December 11th, A. D. 1828. If that deed was valid and operative betweeen the parties to it, and *386likewise with reference to the defendant; it made a good title in the estate of the grantee. The case discloses several circumstances calculated…
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