Johnson v. Anderson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Trespass quart clausum for cutting grass. The parties agreed upon a statement of facts, from which it appeared, that the land on which the grass was cut, was formerly the property of one Brown, and that while owned by him, a road was legally laid out over.tbe land in controversy. After this, Brown conveyed the land on one side of the road to the plaintiffs, and on the other to the defendants, bounding both of them on the road. Subsequently the road was legally discontinued.
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Trespass quart clausum for cutting grass. The parties agreed upon a statement of facts, from which it appeared, that the land on which the grass was cut, was formerly the property of one Brown, and that while owned by him, a road was legally laid out over.tbe land in controversy. After this, Brown conveyed the land on one side of the road to the plaintiffs, and on the other to the defendants, bounding both of them on the road. Subsequently the road was legally discontinued. The other facts appear in the opinion of the Court. contended, that the respective grantees of Brown took to the centre…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Sheplet J.
The case states, that the “road was legally laid out and that “ the cutting was exclusively on the land so laid out as a road, and was on the half of the road nearest the plaintiffs’ land, as well as on that nearest the defendants.” The only conclusion, which can be fairly drawn from such an agreed *77statement, is, that the grass was cut over the whole space formerly included in the road.
The question is then presented, whether the title of the plaintiffs extended to the centre of the road, as it existed at tho time of the conveyances. This…
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