Eveleth v. Gill
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Plaintiff nonsuit. Forcible entry and detainer begun in the Dover Municipal Court to recover possession of the St. Germain House in Greenville. The defendant pleaded the general issue and by way of brief statement that he held a lease of the land upon which the rent had been fully paid, and was owner of the building; and, second, that Rebecca W. Crafts was owner of two-thirds of the real estate, and that he was occupying under her.
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On report. Plaintiff nonsuit. Forcible entry and detainer begun in the Dover Municipal Court to recover possession of the St. Germain House in Greenville. The defendant pleaded the general issue and by way of brief statement that he held a lease of the land upon which the rent had been fully paid, and was owner of the building; and, second, that Rebecca W. Crafts was owner of two-thirds of the real estate, and that he was occupying under her. J udgment having been given for the defendant, the plaintiff appealed to this court sitting at nisi prius. The case with the pleadings and evidence was…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, J.
The case is this: John H. Eveleth in his lifetime executed to the defendant Gill a written agreement to sell and conve}' to him a building in Greenville for $1628, to be paid in monthly instalments with interest, and also to lease to him the land upon which the building stood for fifteen years at a rental of ten dollars per year. Also, by the terms of the agreement, Mr. Gill was to have possession of the premises until he failed to perform the conditions of the agreement. Mr. Gill immediately entered into possession of the premises under this agreement, which was dated May 1, 1895, and had…
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