Davis v. Scavone
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the CourtMerrill, C. J.
This is a writ of entry brought to recover possession of certain real estate situated at Rome in the County of Kennebec. The defendant has pleaded the general issue with a brief statement. The brief statement attacks the title of the plaintiffs as invalid.
The plaintiffs’ title rests on a conveyance made under a power of sale given by the will of Lydia E. Scavone who died testate December 14, 1940. The following is so much of her will as is pertinent to the questions here involved and the power of sale under which the plaintiffs claim:
“After my just debts and funeral charges, I give bequeath…
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