Case Name: John Rich vs. Joseph Wait
Court: Vermont Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Decision Date: 1790-09
Citations: 1 N. Chip. 35
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Rich vs. Joseph Wait.
Judges: 
Reporter: Chipman, N.
Volume: 1
Pages: 35–35

Head Matter:
John Rich vs. Joseph Wait.
September term, 1790.
to support an ““^ranty there mUSev^ofaon,°or banca taxa-
This was an action of covenant broken, brought on a covenant of warranty in a deed of bargain, and sale of a tract)of land in Maidstone.
On trial upon the general issue, no eviction appeared. The plaintiff still enjoys the land.

Opinion:
It ivas held
by the Court,
that an action will not lie on a covenant of warranty, until there has been an eviction, or some disturbance or hindrance in the enjoyment, which, in law, may be equivalent to an eviction.
Verdict for the defendant.