Benedict v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June term, 1894, Bennington county, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The testimony was too remote.
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Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June term, 1894, Bennington county, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The testimony was too remote. Aiken v. Kennison, 58 Vt. 665 ; Walworth v. Barron, 54 Vt. 677 ; Camj) v. Aver-£11, 54 Vt. 320; Moore v. Harvey, 50 Vt. 297; Keith v. Taylor, 3 Vt. 153 ; Rowe v. Bird, 48 Vt. 578 ; Hiñe v. Pomeroy, 39 Vt. 211; Phelps v. Conant, 30 Vt. 277; Bishoj) v. Wheeler, 46 Vt. 409; None v. Northouse, 46 Vt. 587 ; Lincoln v. Manufacturing Co., 91 Mass. 181. The testimony tended to meet an issue first…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, J.
Plaintiff’s father conveyed his farm and the personal property thereon to the plaintiff and his sister. The question was, whether the plaintiff agreed with the defendant that the price of all the property that the defendant bid off at plaintiff’s auction should be' applied on a note that defendant held against plaintiff’s father, as the defendant claimed, or whether the agreement was that ihe price of only the property bid off that was covered by the chattel mortgage that secured the note should be thus applied, as plaintiff claimed. To support his claim the defendant introduced evidence…
2Cited by1 opinion
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