Nevells v. Carter
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On plaintiff’s motion for new trial. This is a real action to recover nineteen twenty-first parts of certain real estate to which demandant claims title as an heir of Coleman Carter, who died March 15, 1906, and as grantee of the widow and five heirs of said Carter.
Read the full summary
On plaintiff’s motion for new trial. This is a real action to recover nineteen twenty-first parts of certain real estate to which demandant claims title as an heir of Coleman Carter, who died March 15, 1906, and as grantee of the widow and five heirs of said Carter. The tenants, who are the widow and next of kin of Edbert E. Carter, the remaining heir of Coleman Carter, who died April 27, 1907, claim title by an oral grant of the demanded premises by Coleman to his son, Edbert, in the year of 1885, with the agreement and understanding that the son, Edbert, should make all needed repairs on…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrill, J.
Real action to recover nineteen twenty-first parts of certain real estate to which demandant claims title as an heir of Coleman Carter, who died March 15, 1906, and as grantee of the widow and five other heirs of said Carter.
The tenants are the widow and next of kin of Edbert E. Carter, the remaining heir of Coleman Carter, who died April 27, 1907. They claim title by an oral grant of the demanded premises by Coleman to his son, Edbert, in the year 1885, in consideration that Edbert would make needed repairs and reconstruction of the buildings on the *83premises; they contend that Edbert entered…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Davis v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Carson v. BroadyNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
- Wheeler v. LairdMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Duff v. LearyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
3Cited by5 opinions
- Lewis v. MoorheadSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
- Tallwood Land & Development Co. v. BotkaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- Barclay v. TusseySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
- Pace v. CarterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Lewis v. MoorheadSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994