Brown v. Wright
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment for a lot of land in Newport. PJea the general issue, and trial by jury.
1Opinion of the Court
*98The case came to this court on exceptions taken by the defendant to the decisions of the court below. The point on which the case was decided, and the facts connected therewith, appear in the opinion of the court, which, after argument by Colby and Smalley & Adams for defendant, and by --- for plaintiffs, was delivered by
Bennett, J.
This was an action of ejectment, brought to recover “ a division lot drawn to the right of one Fisk, situate in Newport.” The plaintiffs’ title depends upon the legal effect of a ven-due deed from S. Pearl to S. Knowlton, bearing date the 7th of March, 1795. The…
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