12 V.S.A. § 3142: Payment made on judgment in trustee action allowed

When, before final judgment in the first action, the defendant therein is adjudged a trustee in the other and pays thereon the money demanded in the first action, or a part thereof, the fact shall be stated on the record of such action, and judgment shall be rendered thereon for the costs due to the plaintiff, and for such part of the debt or damages as remains due and unpaid.