Page v. Downs

This boundary line dispute presents the issue of whether the evidence affords any basis for upholding the trial court’s general verdict in favor of plaintiffs’ line assertion.

The plaintiffs, Esther and Milton Page, filed a bill in equity to quiet title by establishing the boundary line between plaintiffs’ and defendant’s property in Tuftonboro. Plaintiffs initially brought suit claiming title by deed, but later added a pleading claiming the establishment of the same line by adverse possession. Defendant, Olga Downs, counterclaimed to quiet title by construction of her deed and in the…