Merriam v. Barton
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an appeal from a decree of the court of chancery that the defendants convey to the orator, as administrator of the estate of James Leach, deceased, certain lands mortgaged by the said Leach, in his lifetime, to William Barton, deceased, the defendants being the heirs and legal representatives of the said William Barton, deceased.
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This was an appeal from a decree of the court of chancery that the defendants convey to the orator, as administrator of the estate of James Leach, deceased, certain lands mortgaged by the said Leach, in his lifetime, to William Barton, deceased, the defendants being the heirs and legal representatives of the said William Barton, deceased. The orator, in his bill, set forth and charged, among other things, that James Leach, in his lifetime, to wit, on the 20th day of June, 1808, exected to William Barton, then in life, but since deceased, two promissory notes of that date, one for $107.65,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
It seems, by the report of the master, and the facts stand admitted, that the notes were executed in June, 1808, by James Leach to William Barton, the father of the defendants, payable at the times stated in the bill, and the mortgage in January, 1809; that John Kimball, being the agent of William Barton, as such agent, leased the premises from the first of May, 1828, to the first of May, 1836, and that William Barton died in May, 1831; and in August, 1836, Kimball settled these rents with Heman B. Allen, one /of the defendants, and paid to…
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