Dorrance v. Raynsford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
AgtioíT to recover the possession of certain real .estate, together with damages, brought to the Superior Court in Windham County and tried to the court, Thayer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The land in question had been owned and occupied by George W. Palmer up to the time of his death, and both parties to the action claimed under him.
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AgtioíT to recover the possession of certain real .estate, together with damages, brought to the Superior Court in Windham County and tried to the court, Thayer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The land in question had been owned and occupied by George W. Palmer up to the time of his death, and both parties to the action claimed under him. The defendants were in possession of the land, holding adversely to the plaintiff. To show his title to the demanded premises, the plaintiff offered in…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The only substantial question presented by this appeal is whether or not the deed under which the plaintiff claimed, was valid to convey the real estate tlmt had belonged to George W. Palmer in his lifetime. All the other questions in the case are included iu this one.
*6“It is a general principle, that the party who sets up a title must furnish the evidence necessary to support it. If the validity of a deed depends on an act in pais, the party claiming under that deed is as much bound to prove the performance of the act, as he would be bound to prove any matter of record on which its validity…
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