Shaw v. Shaw
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action on book, referred to an auditor, from whose report the following facts appear: Jonathan Shaw, husband of the defendant, by his will devised his real estate to the defendant for life, arid after her decease, to be left for the support of his two daughters, Sarah and Susannah. He died leaving three sons, Benjamin, (husband of the plaintiff) Daniel and Peter, .and four daughters.
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This was an action on book, referred to an auditor, from whose report the following facts appear: Jonathan Shaw, husband of the defendant, by his will devised his real estate to the defendant for life, arid after her decease, to be left for the support of his two daughters, Sarah and Susannah. He died leaving three sons, Benjamin, (husband of the plaintiff) Daniel and Peter, .and four daughters. After the decease of Jonathan, the defendant was for some time supported by the three sons.— After a few years, an agreement was made between the three sons that Benjamin should take the defendant and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was pronounced by
Collamer, J.
— It is insisted for the plaintiff, that she ought to recover, because the auditor does not report, directly, that the defendant ever agreed to the arrangement made by Benjamin Shaw with his brothers. An auditor’s report does not resemble a special verdict in every respect and in all its consequences. On a special verdict, the court must render judgment; but on an auditor’s report, it may be recommitted to supply defects. The auditor must report facts, not the evidence of those facts;, but the court may make all the presumptions which…
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