Corthell v. Egery
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON REPORT. Writ of entry, to recover possession of certain lands in the town of Kingsbury, dated August 20, 1879. Plea, general issue. The case was reported to the law court to be decided by non-suit or default according to the legal rights of the parties.
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ON REPORT. Writ of entry, to recover possession of certain lands in the town of Kingsbury, dated August 20, 1879. Plea, general issue. The case was reported to the law court to be decided by non-suit or default according to the legal rights of the parties. The material facts are stated in the opinion. after indicating errors in the statement of the balance of the judgment debt in some of the executions prior to that upon which sale was made, upon which the defendant’s title depended, contended that such errors rendered those executions absolutely void. An execution issued upon a judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtSymoNDS, J.
In this real action, the demandant, to prove title, introduces a warranty deed of the demanded premises from John S. Abbot to William E. Hewes, dated September 11, 1863 ; and we understand the report to intend that the title is regularly traced, by mesne conveyances, from the grantee in that deed to the demandant, though the deeds are not all in the' case.
It is not denied that the title of John S. Abbot, which the demandant so holds, is derived from Andrew Wiggin, purchaser at a sheriff’s sale of the lands on an execution dated July 30, *431861; which was the sixth execution issued upon a…
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