Davis Schenck v. . Higgins

The plaintiff commenced and prosecuted bis suit to recover possession of the land mentioned in the complaint and damages for the withholding, until its termination in an adverse verdict, finding that he was not the owner. Pending the action the plaintiff, in September, 1881, executed a quit-claim deed for the premises to B. G. Godin and John Hyams, who, with their wives, conveyed to Allan Schenck, a resident of New York. In the Superior Court, on proof of these deeds and the employment of counsel by the latter, the defendant's costs were adjudged against him, and this ruling was reversed in…