Hitchings v. Morrison
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motioN to set aside the verdict. Writ of entry to recover a lot of land in Portland. The facts are stated in the opinion. Manifestly the conveyances give the demandant a title to the land demanded, and the tenant can prevail only upon proof of a disseizin by himself of the demandant for at least twenty years.
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On motioN to set aside the verdict. Writ of entry to recover a lot of land in Portland. The facts are stated in the opinion. Manifestly the conveyances give the demandant a title to the land demanded, and the tenant can prevail only upon proof of a disseizin by himself of the demandant for at least twenty years. The Isnv of this State is said to be that "a man claiming title only to a specified lino, capable of being ascertained, cannot, by ignorantly having possession up to another line, acquire a title by disseizin to land lying between the two which he does not intentionally claim.”…
1Opinion of the CourtVirgin, J.
In 1823, Sarah T. Chase conveyed to Nathan Babcock a rectangular parcel of land, situated on the west side of Green street, in Portland, four rods wide on the street and extending back nine and one-half rods, with a dwelling house upon it. On the south line of the lot was a fence and two or *333three feet north of the fence, a row of ash trees now standing.
In 1825, John Mussey conveyed to Babcock another rectangular lot, adjoining the former on the south, and separated therefrom by the fence, with a frontage of sixty feet and extending’ as far back as the other.
In 1845, Bonj. Dodge conveyed to…
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