La Point v. Scott
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. This action was brought by the lessee upon shares pf the defendants’ farm, to recover for various articles furnished by the lessee, and for damages arising from alleged breaches of the contract between the parties. The declaration contained the 'common counts and three special counts Plea, the general issue and pleas in offset.
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Assumpsit. This action was brought by the lessee upon shares pf the defendants’ farm, to recover for various articles furnished by the lessee, and for damages arising from alleged breaches of the contract between the parties. The declaration contained the 'common counts and three special counts Plea, the general issue and pleas in offset. Trial by jury, April Term, 1862. The defendants objected to the introduction of any testimony in support of any of the plaintiff’s claims on the ground that if he had any foundation for them it grew out of the lease of the defendant’s farm to the plaintiff,…
1Opinion of the Court
Poland, Ch. J.
~VVe think there was no error in admitting in evidence the unexecuted lease from Asenath Scott to the plain* tiff. The defendants’ claimed that it contained the whole of the agreement first made relative to leasing to the plaintiff, and the plaintiff conceded this, except that it did not cover the Warren lot owned by Charles A. Scott, and did not provide for so large a number of cows, as he claimed the real contract did. Both parties seem to have admitted that this draft of lease truly stated the details of the contract as finally settled, with certain variations. On this ground…
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