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Illegally as it turn out. If you squat on my land and I go to court to evict you. The fact that you stayed during the legal dispute doesn't give you rights to the land.
No at the time it was legal. NY tried to illegally retroactively apply the 1764 border decree.
A man with a gun thinks of himself as a little god. Give him a badge, and it's ten times worse. Police, security, prison guards...all the refuges of the high school bully.
No at the time it was legal. NY tried to illegally retroactively apply the 1764 border decree.
Unsupportable position. It was not legal and Wentworth acknowledged at the time of the first grant that his claim of sovereignty over land west of the Connecticut was in ambiguous at best. The court ruled that New Hampshire had no right to make the grants. Wentworth sold land he didn't own. It's that simple.
The "Vermonter" did even get upset until 6 years later when they lost a case over land grants in New York court. In 1775 the "Vermonters" were talking about the advisability of seeking independence from New York. Independence from New York is the key term there.
Unsupportable position. It was not legal and Wentworth acknowledged at the time of the first grant that his claim of sovereignty over land west of the Connecticut was in ambiguous at best. The court ruled that New Hampshire had no right to make the grants. Wentworth sold land he didn't own. It's that simple.
The "Vermonter" did even get upset until 6 years later when they lost a case over land grants in New York court. In 1775 the "Vermonters" were talking about the advisability of seeking independence from New York. Independence from New York is the key term there.
The NH grants were not illegal. What NY did amounted to ex-post facto laws when they applied the 1764 boundary of NH retroactively, and then tried seizing both property and people who had already settled there.
What started as independence from NY became independence from everyone for a time. You can argue all day against the legitimacy of the causes for independence if you wish but the fact is VT became an independent republic until it was allowed to join the U.S.
The NH grants were not illegal. What NY did amounted to ex-post facto laws when they applied the 1764 boundary of NH retroactively, and then tried seizing both property and people who had already settled there.
What started as independence from NY became independence from everyone for a time. You can argue all day against the legitimacy of the causes for independence if you wish but the fact is VT became an independent republic until it was allowed to join the U.S.
What court of law has affirmed this position? The answer is NONE. It's your singular interpretation -- historian my a$$.
A man with a gun thinks of himself as a little god. Give him a badge, and it's ten times worse. Police, security, prison guards...all the refuges of the high school bully.
Oh, Montana hasn't left yet?
Well, where's the action, or is this threat only words?
You can leave the stimulus check uncashed.
Actually we'd love to unfortunately we've got a democrat for a govenor who hasn't yet learned to "just say no". There's been some uproar about how the idiots want to spend it like expanding some dumb a$$ museum instead of paving dirt roads thereby reducing dust... Typical liberal agenda, we need more art that'll benefit the chardonay crowd and less dust that would benefit everyone.
As for action or words who really knows? If the prodding keeps up we'll both find out won't we?
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