Cahill v. Cahill
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Actioh to recover the possession of land, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Elmer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiffs. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1DissentHamersley, J.
The plaintiffs were bound to prove that Julia Cahill owned and possessed the locus at the time of her death. This was essential to establish that legal title in the plaintiffs, without which they cannot recover.
Property may be acquired through any kind of lawful conveyance from its owner. This is the principal, and for the great mass of property the only, mode under our law of acquiring ownership. The fact of conveyance may be established by any appropriate evidence, and involves proof of the person who made the transfer, his ownership of the property, and the validity of the transfer as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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