Burgess v. Robinson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Writ of entry brought to recover possession of certain real estate situate in Searsmont, Waldo county. Plea, the general issue. The plaintiff claimed title under a tax deed; the defendant claimed title under a sheriff’s deed, dated November 5, 1896, and under which he took possession.
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On report. Writ of entry brought to recover possession of certain real estate situate in Searsmont, Waldo county. Plea, the general issue. The plaintiff claimed title under a tax deed; the defendant claimed title under a sheriff’s deed, dated November 5, 1896, and under which he took possession. The tax was assessed in April, 1895. The tax sale was on December 8, 1896. Statutes in force at time of tax sale: R. S., c. 6; § 198 as amended by Stat. 1895, c. 70, § 1; § 194 as amended by Stat. 1895, c. 70, § 8; § 195, as amended by Stat. 1895, c. 70, § 4; § 196, as amended by Stat. 1895, c. 70, §…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is a writ of entry to recover possession of certain real estate situated in Searsmont, in the county of Waldo, bounded as therein described, and alleged to contain one hundred and eighty-seven acres, more or less.
The plaintiff derives her title to the land by a deed from the inhabitants of the town of Searsmont to whom the land was sold by its collector of taxes December 8, 1896, for non-payment of the tax assessed thereon for the year 1895, as the property of Joseph S. Burgess, the plaintiff’s husband. The defendant derives title under a sheriff’s deed dated November 5, 1896, given in…
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