Except as otherwise provided in 32 V.S.A. § 5263, an action for the recovery of lands, or the possession thereof, shall not be maintained,
unless commenced within 15 years after the cause of action first accrues to the plaintiff
or those under whom he or she claims. (Amended, 1959, No. 218, § 6.)
Frances Nesti v. Agency of Transp., 2023 VT 1 (Vt. 2023). · cites it 5דNesti countered that the fifteen-year statute of limitations for actions for recovery of land, 12 V.S.A. § 501, applied to each claim rather than § 511, and the continuing-tort doctrine caused her trespass and nuisance claims to continually accrue with each new runoff event,…”
In Re Town Hwy. No. 20 of Town of Georgia, 2003 VT 76 (Vt. 2003). · cites it 2דThe court asked Interve-nors’ lawyer to pursue the issue, but all he did was establish that his clients claimed ownership of the area and Petitioner did not. Although there is no indication of how and why Intervenors claimed ownership, the issue has been posed to us as one of…”
Ransom v. Bebernitz, 782 A.2d 1155 (Vt. 2001). · cites it 2ד2d 262, 263 (1988) (internal quotations and citations omitted); 12 V.S.A. § 501. Defendants suggest that the statute had commenced to run in 1915; however, neither Fritz nor Grace Anderson could have commenced the adverse possession of the property at that time.”
MacDonough-Webster Lodge No. 26 v. Wells, 2003 VT 70 (Vt. 2003). “Section 462 exempts properties “given, granted, sequestered or appropriated to a public, pious or charitable use, or to lands belonging to the state” from Vermont’s fifteen-year statute of limitations on ejectment actions, established by 12 V.S.A. § 501. This Court has…”
Russell v. Pare, 321 A.2d 77 (Vt. 1974). · cites it 3ד2d 654 (1970); 12 V.S.A. § 501. The doctrine derives from two separate but related theories.”
N.A.S. Holdings, Inc. v. Pafundi, 736 A.2d 780 (Vt. 1999). “2d 654, 656 (1970); 12 V.S.A. § 501. While the trial court concluded that the Pafundis’ possession of the quarry was clearly open, notorious, and hostile, the evidence was less conclusive concerning the location and continuity of the possessory acts.”
Okemo Mountain, Inc. v. Lysobey, 2005 VT 55 (Vt. 2005). “70, 73 (1930); see 12 V.S.A. § 501 (requiring that action for recovery of lands be commenced within fifteen years after cause of action accrues).”
Darling v. Ennis, 415 A.2d 228 (Vt. 1980). “12 V.S.A. § 501. The superior court’s order was based on and adopted the report of the master who heard the case.”
Brown v. Whitcomb, 550 A.2d 1 (Vt. 1988). “The land had been used for farming purposes until 1965 by defendants’ predecessors in title, and used and maintained by defendants thereafter.”
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