Graves v. Atwood
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for the recovery of possession of several parcels of land with rents and profits; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and tried to the court before Beardsley, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant. Appeal by the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The plaintiff complains that the defendant wrongfully dispossessed him, and continues to keep him out of the possession of several pieces of land situated in the town of Woodbury. He asked for restoration of possession and for the rents and profits. The Superior Court having rendered judgment against him, he appealed.
On the 17th day of March, 1868, Warner Atwood of Woodbury, the owner and possessor of these pieces of land, conveyed all of them to his son, Noble Atwood, by a duly executed deed containing the usual covenants of warranty and seizin, together with this clause, namely:—“The…
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