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University of Vermont & State Agricultural College v. Ward, 158 A. 778 (1932)

Citation
University of Vermont & State Agricultural College v. Ward, 158 A. 778 (1932)
Parent Document
University of Vermont & State Agricultural College v. Ward, 158 A. 778 (1932)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
1932-02-04

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But it cannot be said that it was the intent and meaning of the parties to the lease that Benoni Shaw should take an estate in fee. The University was prohibited by law from conveying anything but a leasehold estate in the premises conveyed. It is presumed that Benoni Shaw knew the law as to leases of the public lands; and it will not be presumed that the parties intended that the University should convey an estate in the land greater than it had the legal power to convey. In Horner v. Den ex dem. Leeds,