Legal Opinion

Norton v. Craig

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided June 7, 1878PublishedCited by 2 opinions

On motion anh exceptions. Trespass, quare clausum.

1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.

The following facts are disclosed by the testimony in this case: The farm in question belonged to the defendant’s w ife. A portion of the stock and farming tools upon it belonged *276to ber, and a portion to him. He carried on the farm for several years for bis and ber support, without any agreement whatever between them, in the .same manner as if his own. Disagreements and dislikes growing up between them, she conveyed the farm to the plaintiff (her son) by an absolute deed. During the summer after the conveyance, the plaintiff exercised acts of possession over the property, and so did the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Clap v. DraperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
  2. Curtiss v. HoytSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1848
  3. Brown v. WebberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1850
  4. Middlebrook v. CorwinNew York Supreme Court · 1836
  5. Cutting v. CoxSupreme Court of Vermont · 1847

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Talbott v. Southern Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Kent County Agricultural Society v. IdeMichigan Supreme Court · 1901

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