Franklin Land, Mill & Water Co. v. Card
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer. The writ was dated December 3, 1890, and alleged that "the said defendant at Franklin, in said county of Hancock on the 31st day of October, A. D., 1890, having before that time had lawful and peaceable entry into the lands and tenements of the plaintiff, situated in said Franklin, at the foot of Donnell’s Pond and on Alder-brook stream, the former being known as the upper dam and the latter as Card’s mill and…
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On report. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer. The writ was dated December 3, 1890, and alleged that "the said defendant at Franklin, in said county of Hancock on the 31st day of October, A. D., 1890, having before that time had lawful and peaceable entry into the lands and tenements of the plaintiff, situated in said Franklin, at the foot of Donnell’s Pond and on Alder-brook stream, the former being known as the upper dam and the latter as Card’s mill and Card’s dam, and whose estate in the premises was determined on the thirtieth day of October, A. D., 1890, then did and…
1Opinion of the CourtHaskell, J.
The plaintiff seeks to eject defendant from
certain real estate, held by tenancy at will that was terminated by notice on October 30, 1890. The defendant was in under a lease for one year that expired December 31, 1889. The evidence fails to show a surrender of the possession at the expiration of the term. The defendant thereafterwards, by foi’ce of statute, R. S., c. 73, § 10, held as tenant at will, who might be ejected within seven days without notice, but thereafterwards only on thirty days notice to quit. R. S., c. 94, § § 1-2. Wheeler v. Cowan, 25 Maine, 283; Kendall v. Moore, 30 Maine,…
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