Lincoln v. Wilder
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Writ of entry to recover possession of that portion of lot numbered 52, in Dennysville, between the shore and the centre of Dennys river. The plaintiff claimed title by conveyance from one Russel, which embraced lot numbered 52, according to the plan of Dennysville by Benj. R. Jones.
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Writ of entry to recover possession of that portion of lot numbered 52, in Dennysville, between the shore and the centre of Dennys river. The plaintiff claimed title by conveyance from one Russel, which embraced lot numbered 52, according to the plan of Dennysville by Benj. R. Jones. The defendant put in a deed from the plaintiff to one Wilder, which contained this description : “ a certain lot or parcel of land in Dennysville aforesaid, containing two hundred and eighteen acres, more or less, bounded partly by lot numbered 53, partly by Abner Gardiner lot, and partly by the shore of Dennys…
1Opinion of the CourtWells, J.
The demandant claims to recover a portion of lot 52, in Dennysville, lying between the shore and the centre of Dennys river. It appears by the statement of facts, that his title is derived from James G. Russell, and that lot 52, according to the plan of Dennysville, by Benjamin R. Jones, is one of the lots described in the deed. Whether he has a title from any other source does not appear. It is contended by him that the side lines on Jones’s plan do not extend to the water, and that the plan does not embrace the territory between the shore and the centre of the river. If so, unless he has…
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