Legal Opinion

Ellis v. Swan

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided March 22, 1916PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Bill in Equity to remove cloud from title. Heard on appeal of respondents and appeal dismissed.

1Opinion of the CourtVincent, J.

This is a bill in equity brought in' the Superior Court for the county of Washington to remove a cloud upon title. The bill alleges that the complainant, Isaac C. Ellis, is the owner in fee of a certain farm comprising about 320 acres, located in the town of Richmond, in said county; that he has been the owner in fee and in the uninterrupted, exclusive, quiet, peaceable, and actual seizin and possession thereof for a period of more than nineteen years last past; that on said farm there is a valuable deposit of granite and that a quarry was opened thereon prior to March 20, 1895. That on March…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gray v. Kaufman Dairy & Ice Cream Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
  2. Shenandoah Land & Anthracite Coal Co. v. HiseSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  3. Brown v. Wilmore Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1907
  4. Breckenridge Asphalt Co. v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
  5. People's Gas Co. v. DeanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Jakober v. E. M. Loew's Capitol Theatre, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1970
  2. In Re Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  3. Mechanical Ice Tray Corp. v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  4. Fain v. Irving Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  5. Mechanical Ice Tray Corp. v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944

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