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

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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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38 Vt. 193, 205, 206, it was held that a conveyance ‘ ‘ as long as grass grows and water runs,” reserving an adequate annual rent, with right of reentry for nonpayment, was valid under the statutory authority to lease, and the Court said that it was “satisfied that the legislature in conferring the authority to ‘lease’ such lands had reference to the meaning of the word according to its popular use, rather than to its strict technical definition.” In Society for Propagation, etc. v. Sharon, 28 Vt. 603, and Lampson v. New Haven, 2 Vt. 14, the same result was reached. But *273 in Powers and Peck, Exrs. of Judevine’s Estate v. Trustees of Caledonia County Grammar School,