Supreme Court of Vermont February 15, 1827 (Mitchell v. Walker)

The opinion of the Court was pronounced by

Skinner, Ch. J.

It is insisted by the plaintiff’s counsel, that to acquire a prescriptive right, the exercise and enjoyment thereof for no period of time short of that recognized by the ancient common law, i. e. time whereof the memory of man run-neth not to the contrary, is sufficient.