Cross v. . R. R.

The action was brought to recover a parcel of land in the town of Sanford outside of the defendant's right of way, and designated on the map filed in this Court with the record by the figures 1, 3, 4 and 5. It seems that the parties claimed from a common source of title, John W. Scot, and defendant also claimed the land by adverse possession for twenty years; and upon this branch of the case the court charged the jury as follows: "Adverse possession must be continuous. There must not be any break at all — no moment of time when the land is not occupied; but it must be an intention to take…