Legal Opinion

Davis v. Reynolds

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided February 11, 1921PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Action ok Contract. Answer containing a general denial and setting np facts on which, defendants claimed a judgment in offset for a balance their dne. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1920, Windsor County, Moulton, J., presiding. At the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence the Court directed a verdict for the defendants. Judgment on the verdict. The plaintiffs excepted. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.

This is an action on a written contract by the terms of which the defendants sold certain standing timber to the plaintiffs and agreed to cut and deliver the same. The defendants filed an answer containing a general denial and setting up facts on which they claimed a judgment in offset for a balance their due. Issue was joined to a jury, and at the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence the court ordered a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiffs excepted.

[1-3] Subject to the plaintiffs’ exception, W. S. Reynolds, one of the defendants, was allowed to testify that C. P. Truell directed them to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Usher v. SeveranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1913
  2. Campbell v. PattersonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1835
  3. Prior v. WilburSupreme Court of Vermont · 1891

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. StorrsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1933
  2. Parizo v. WilsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1929
  3. State v. ParkerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1932
  4. State v. WintersSupreme Court of Vermont · 1929
  5. State v. WoolleySupreme Court of Vermont · 1937

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