Wait v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass qu. cl. fr. The facts in the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The county court, at the September Term, 1859, — Roland, J., presiding, — held that the action could not be maintained, and rendered judgment for the defendants, to which the plaintiff excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtBarrett, J.
The declaration in this case was not furnished to the court, but it was treated in the argument as being in trespass quare clausum. The statement of agreed facts shows that, at the time of the alleged trespass, the parties held title to the locus in quo in undivided moieties, thus being tenants in common ; that the plaintiff was in adverse possession, claiming the whole lot; that the defendant, Richardson, also claimed the whole lot under a deed from Slieafe, and that he, with the other defendants as his servants, entered upon said lot under his said claim, and cut and carried away the timber…
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