line inquiry in Vermont

1896It was said in Parker v. Chase, 62 Vt. 206 , that while a description need not be enough to enable one to find the property without inquiry, it must be such as to indicate the line of inquiry and furnish the basis of identification.

1894The property sued for is described in the mortgage as follows : “All growing grass on my home place, except sufficient for ten tons of hay ; all the growing crops, except what the law exempts, on said home farm ; and all the farming tools on said premises.” In Parker v. Chase and Buck, 62 Vt. 206 , it is said : “While a description need not be enough to enable one to find the property without inquiry, it must be such as to indicate the line of inquiry and furnish the basis of identification.” Applying this rule, we think the description of the grass, and crops is sufficient, as between the par

2006Thus, following the Supreme Court’s line of analysis in Richards I, 174 Vt. at 418–19, we must determine whether 24 V.S.A. § 4412(2), the new statutory provision regulating the development of existing small lots, authorizes this Court to treat parcel 1 as an existing small lot, which would then allow Developer to develop parcel 2 as a separate, conforming lot. 2 The facts in Champlain Oil and Smith are slightly different than the application here, in that they involved an amendment to the zoning regulations initiated while a permit application was pending.

1974Cf. State v. Jackson, 127 Vt. 237 , 246 A.2d 829 (1968).

1974Cf. State v. Jackson, 127 Vt. 237 , 246 A.2d 829 (1968).

1967Having made known to the court the action which defendants desired it to make, failure to object to this specific question was unnecessary *679 under the provisions of 12 V.S.A. section 2381, which in part reads: "Subsequent objection to the same legal point shall be unnecessary and the admission or exclusion of evidence of like nature thereafter shall be deemed to be subject to the same objection as originally stated." On this point, see City of Barre v. Brown, 121 Vt. 469, 470, 471 , 160 A.2d 885 ; Canfield v. Hall, 121 Vt. 479, 483 , 160 A.2d 768 .

1967Having made known to the court the action which defendants desired it to make, failure to object to this specific question was unnecessary *679 under the provisions of 12 V.S.A. section 2381, which in part reads: "Subsequent objection to the same legal point shall be unnecessary and the admission or exclusion of evidence of like nature thereafter shall be deemed to be subject to the same objection as originally stated." On this point, see City of Barre v. Brown, 121 Vt. 469, 470, 471 , 160 A.2d 885 ; Canfield v. Hall, 121 Vt. 479, 483 , 160 A.2d 768 .

1922A reasonable opportunity to show in cross-examination that a witness is unreliable, biased, or prejudiced is a matter of right (Com. v. Russ, 232 Mass. 58 , 122 N. E. 176 ), and much latitude is allowed in this line of cross-examination.

1916All this evidence was in fact inadmissible, at least as the case then stood, since it went to the question of liability which was not open for consideration. 89 Vt. 346 , 95 Atl. 499 .

1916All this evidence was in fact inadmissible, at least as the case then stood, since it went to the question of liability which was not open for consideration. 89 Vt. 346 , 95 Atl. 499 .

1881In the opinion of the court delivered by the late Chief' Justice Pierpoint, he said: “ Considering the nature of the disease from which relief was being sought, they were directly in the line of inquiry that the doctor would naturally be making, to ascertain the then present condition of his patient, and were material to that end, and would have an important bearing upon that point, as tending to show the nature and extent of the disease from which he was then called upon to relieve the patient.” In Earl & Wife v. Tupper, 45 Vt. 275 , Wheeler, J., in discussing the admissibility of this class