Inhabitants of Frenchville v. Gagnon
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Judgment for plaintiff for $20. This is an action of trespass quare clausum to recover damages for entering upon a lot of land situate in Frenchville and destroying-trees, grass, etc. At the conclusion of the testimony, the case was reported to the Law Court, upon so much of the evidence as is legally admissible, the Court to render such judgment as the rights of the parties require.
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On report. Judgment for plaintiff for $20. This is an action of trespass quare clausum to recover damages for entering upon a lot of land situate in Frenchville and destroying-trees, grass, etc. At the conclusion of the testimony, the case was reported to the Law Court, upon so much of the evidence as is legally admissible, the Court to render such judgment as the rights of the parties require. It was further stipulated by the parties that, if the Law Court sustains the contention of the plaintiff, that the trespass was committed, damages are to be $20. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
Trespass quare clausum. The case comes before this court on report, with a stipulation that if the plaintiff is entitled to recover, the damages shall be assessed at twenty dollars. The premises in question were conveyed by the defendant to the plaintiff town in 1898 for a schoolhouse lot by a warranty deed which contained between the description and the habendum the following language: — “In addition to the consideration of two hundred and twenty-five dollars paid by the Inhabitants of the town of French-ville as aforesaid, the above piece or parcel is conveyed on condition and in…
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