Ford v. Bailey

This is an ejectment suit to recover possession of a strip of land 16 feet one way and 85 and a fraction feet the other, which is 10 feet in the rear of the Masonic temple in the village of Trenton. It is claimed by the plaintiffs that this land was included in the deed given to the plaintiffs in 1863. The declaration set out the receipt of this deed and the description contained therein of the land conveyed, and also contained the following:

“2. That the plaintiffs, by and through themselves and their predecessors in office, as such trustees of Trenton Lodge, No. 8, of Free and Accepted…