Russell v. Barstow

The plaintiff .brings this bill in equity to remove a cloud upon the title to a “ three-acre lot,” which he claims to own. He alleges that the defendant Ellen F. Barstow is vexatiously hindering and preventing him “ from building on said lot, or from otherwise improving or using it; that the acts and pretences of the defendant Ellen cast a cloud or suspicion on the plaintiff’s title, and he is vexatiously and injuriously affected thereby; and that the parties interested are living, and it is desirable that the cloud upon the title be removed while the parties in interest can testify in regard…