Mills v. Catlin
Supreme Court of Vermont
Covenant. The plaintiff alleged in his declaration, that the defendant conveyed to him, by deed, the equal, undivided half of fifty acres of land on the east end of lot No. 75 in Colchester, with covenants of seisin, of good right to bargain and sell, and against incumbrances, and averred, in general terms, a breach of each of these covenants. The defendant pleaded performance of his covenants. Trial by Jury, March Term, 1847, — Bennett, J., presiding.
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Covenant. The plaintiff alleged in his declaration, that the defendant conveyed to him, by deed, the equal, undivided half of fifty acres of land on the east end of lot No. 75 in Colchester, with covenants of seisin, of good right to bargain and sell, and against incumbrances, and averred, in general terms, a breach of each of these covenants. The defendant pleaded performance of his covenants. Trial by Jury, March Term, 1847, — Bennett, J., presiding. On trial the plaintiff offered in evidence a deed to himself from the defendant, dated August 5,1843, conveying premises as follows, —“the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
An important question is raised in this case, in relation to the construction of the granting part of the deed from the defendant to the plaintiff. The grant, or rather the thing granted, *104is, thus described by the grantor, — “ the following described land in Colchester; all the land which I own by virtue of a deed, dated the eighteenth day of January, 1843, from Asa S. Mills, recorded,” &c, — “ being all my right and title to the land comprising fifty acres off of the east end of lot No. 75 in said town.” This deed should be construed…
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