Vermont § 4811 - When and for what maintainable

§ 4811. When and for what maintainable

• When the plaintiff commences an action of ejectment, the defendant shall counterclaim
  for the value of the improvements made upon the land by him or her or by those under
  whom he or she claims, if he or she or his or her predecessors in title purchased
  the land recovered in the action, supposing the title to be good in fee at the time
  of the purchase, or if he or she or his or her predecessors in title took a lease
  of the land supposing that lease to convey the title and interest therein expressed
  at the time the lease was accepted