Cary v. Whitney
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Writ op Entry. On report of the evidence by Cutting, J. The demandant claimed two acres of land, being a described part of the lot No. 3., letter F, range 2, west from the east line of the State, now called Presque Isle. Plea the general issue, with brief statement and claim for betterments.
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Writ op Entry. On report of the evidence by Cutting, J. The demandant claimed two acres of land, being a described part of the lot No. 3., letter F, range 2, west from the east line of the State, now called Presque Isle. Plea the general issue, with brief statement and claim for betterments. The demandant introduced a deed from E. L. Hamlin, Land Agent, to Dennis Fairbanks, jr., assignee of Dennis Fairbanks, of lot No. 3, dated October 22, 1841, and recorded January 21,1842; deed from Dennis D. D, Fairbanks to T. J. Hobart, Dec. 20, 1845; T. J. Hobart to Shepard Cary and Collins Whitaker,…
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Kent, J.
In this case, the demandant claims to recover, upon the strength of his legal title, the premises demanded. He shows a deed from the Land Agent of the State to Dennis Fairbanks, jr., assignee of 'Dennis Fairbanks, dated October 22, 1841, which includes the premises described in his writ, and traces title to himself by a deed from Dennis D. D. Fairbanks (who is the same person named in the deed from the Land Agent as Dennis Fairbanks, jr.) to T. J. Hobart, and from Hobart to himself and Whitaker, and from Whitaker of his portion to demandant.…
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