Osgood v. Abbott
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On REPORT. Trespass quare clausum, for breaking and entering a parcel of land conveyed by tbe father of the plaintiffs, by his deed of June 19, 1845, to the “ Proprietors of the South Chapel in Fryeburg.” . Numerous witnesses, among whom was one of the ministers who had frequently preached in the meeting-house, testified that the house began to get out of repair before the preaching was discontinued ; that between 1859 and 1865, the house had become much dilapidated, so…
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On REPORT. Trespass quare clausum, for breaking and entering a parcel of land conveyed by tbe father of the plaintiffs, by his deed of June 19, 1845, to the “ Proprietors of the South Chapel in Fryeburg.” . Numerous witnesses, among whom was one of the ministers who had frequently preached in the meeting-house, testified that the house began to get out of repair before the preaching was discontinued ; that between 1859 and 1865, the house had become much dilapidated, so that'some portions of the roof had become so rotten, that the snows and rains had leaked through, and in consequence thereof…
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
Trespass quare clausum. The plaintiffs are the surviving children and heirs at law of Edward L. Osgood, who in 1845 was the owner of the locus in quo. He united with an association, who undertook to organize as a corporation, under the name and style of “ The Proprietors of the South Chapel in Fryeburg,” for the purpose of procuring a site, and erecting thereon a meetinghouse, and owning, managing, and disposing of the pews therein. He agreed under his own hand, in a subscription paper containing numerous other subscriptions, to be responsible for “ three shares and a meeting-house lot.” This…
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