Howley v. Chaffee
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery, Butland County, Fish, Chancellor. Heard at Chambers, February 13, 1914, on the pleadings and finding of facts by the Chancellor. Decree for the 'orator, according to the prayer of the bill with costs against defendant Chaffee alone, who appealed. The opinion fully states the case.
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Appeal in Chancery, Butland County, Fish, Chancellor. Heard at Chambers, February 13, 1914, on the pleadings and finding of facts by the Chancellor. Decree for the 'orator, according to the prayer of the bill with costs against defendant Chaffee alone, who appealed. The opinion fully states the case. The following is a plan of the property described in the opinion: It is well settled that a way of necessity never exists where a man can get to his own property through his own land, however inconvenient the way through his own land may be. Mere inconvenience, however great, is not sufficient.…
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, C. J.
George Richardson in his lifetime, owned a large parcel of land on the south side of Center Street in the city of Rutland. He also owned a 12-foot right of way to the east end of this land from Wales Street which crosses Center Street east of this property.
On May 23, 1883, Richardson conveyed a part of this land to one Martell. The land so conveyed, hereinafter called the Martell lot, is in the northeast corner of the original parcel, and is about 35 feet wide on Center Street and 80 feet deep.
On December 11, 1906, Addie Richardson, who became the owner of the remaining property at George…
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