Patterson v. Trask
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
■ Trespass quake clausum. The question was one of boundary, and related to the location of a line across the David Trask farm, so called. That farm was bounded on one end by the river. And it was a little wider at the river than at the back end.
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■ Trespass quake clausum. The question was one of boundary, and related to the location of a line across the David Trask farm, so called. That farm was bounded on one end by the river. And it was a little wider at the river than at the back end. A conveyance to the plaintiff gave him the north half of the farm, separated from the other half, by a line beginning at the river and running to the back end of the lot, “ holding its width equally alike from said river ” to said back end of the lot, “ said one-half to be taken on the northern part of said farm.” The plaintiff contended that a sound…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court decided that the plaintiff’s part must be of equal width throughout; and that the end of his part at the river, must be so much less than one-half the width of the farm at that end as to give an equal number of acres to each party. Upon this construction, no acts of trespass appear to have been committed on the plaintiff’s half.
Judgment for defendant.
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