Dikeman v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of ejectment for a parcel of land, lying in the town of Westport, tried at the term of the superior court for Fairfield county, holden in August, 1855. The plaintiff and defendant each claimed title to the premises in question, by deeds from one Charles Fox.
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This was an action of ejectment for a parcel of land, lying in the town of Westport, tried at the term of the superior court for Fairfield county, holden in August, 1855. The plaintiff and defendant each claimed title to the premises in question, by deeds from one Charles Fox. It was admitted on the trial, that on the day of Fox was the owner in fee of a certain piece of land, embracing that in dispute in the present action; that, at that time, the store hereinafter mentioned, stood on the northern part thereof, and had stood there for more than forty years; that subsequently Fox erected a…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The parties in this case were adjoining proprietors of lots in the village of Westport, which were bounded on the east by a highway, and on the west by Saugatuck river. They both claimed under deeds from Charles Fox, but the defendant’s deed was first given, and conveys all that it purports to grant, while the plaintiff’s deed expressly describes his lot, as that part of the land which was not conveyed to the defendant. The controversy was in respect to the dividing line between the lots; and both parties claim a new trial, for the error of the judge in charging the jury. The defendant also…
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