Riley v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass, foi' the dismantling, removing, and appropriating to the defendants’ use, a building belonging to the plaintiff, situated in St. George; and was tried by jury upon the general issue, at the September term, 1871, Pierpoint, Ch. J., presiding. Verdict lor the defendants.
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Trespass, foi' the dismantling, removing, and appropriating to the defendants’ use, a building belonging to the plaintiff, situated in St. George; and was tried by jury upon the general issue, at the September term, 1871, Pierpoint, Ch. J., presiding. Verdict lor the defendants. Writ dated March 16, 1867. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that he had, in March, 1866, purchased the building of one Lawrence, standing upon Lawrence’s land, having previously occupied it as a dwelling-house for some three years, — expiring in 1864 — upon rent, and had paid for it before the tresspass…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
This was an action of trespass, for dismantling and removing a house belonging to the plaintiff, and situated on the land of one Lawrence, in the town of St. George.
The jury have found the fact that Lawrence was authorized by the plaintiff to sell the house for the sum of $25, and that he sold it to the defendants — who acted in behalf of a school-district — -for that sum, as the agreed price, and authorized them to take possession and remove it, and pay for it after the removal if they so elected. The defendants entered into possession of…
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- Riley v. WheelerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1870
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