Munro v. Barton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This was a bill in equity brought by the plaintiff to redeem certain land, located in the town of Vinalhaven, from the defendants.
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On report. This was a bill in equity brought by the plaintiff to redeem certain land, located in the town of Vinalhaven, from the defendants. The bill was so amended, by agreement, at nisi prius, after the decision in 95 Maine, 262, as to account for the one-eighth of the premises not claimed by the plaintiff, and by joining Watson V. Barton, the husband of the defendant, who holds, in .one acre of the described premises, the same rights which his wife holds in the remainder. Both plaintiff and defendants claimed title under William Brown. The title of William Brown was derived from Thomas…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is a bill in equity brought to redeem a mortgage of certain real estate situated in the town of Vinalhaven, given by William Brown to Timothy Fernald December 28, 1835, and recorded in the registry of Hancock County, which then comprised the town of Vinalhaven. The original bill was dated March *25212, 1895, and the subpoena served on the defendant Sophia M. Barton, February 25, 1896. By agreement of the parties the hill -was amended, after it was filed in court, by inserting an allegation respecting the ownership of the one undivided-eighth part of the mortgaged premises not represented by…
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