Ferriday v. Grosvenor
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature of ejectment, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Windham County, Shumway, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
In September, 1888, the plaintiff acquired title to a tract of land containing seventy-seven acres, known as the Hall farm, located in the town of Pomfret, abutting westerly on the highway known as the Norwich and Worcester turnpike, easterly on land formerly of Payson Grosvenor, and southerly on land called the Jepson land. A map or plan of the land conveyed, made by one Sabin, a civil engineer, was made a part of the deed by reference. There was at the time of the conveyance an old fence extending easterly from the highway to the Payson Grosvenor land. The line of this fence was designated…
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