Bonney v. Morrill
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report from Nisi Prius, Appleton, C. J. presiding. Writ oe Entry. The question was as to the title to a two foot strip of land which the defendant’s grantor conveyed by his deed of warranty to Isaac Bonney, in 1831, (which deed was not recorded until I860,) off from the easterly side of his lot, and adjoining said Bonney’s other land, under whom, through several mesne conveyances, the plaintiff holds.
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On Report from Nisi Prius, Appleton, C. J. presiding. Writ oe Entry. The question was as to the title to a two foot strip of land which the defendant’s grantor conveyed by his deed of warranty to Isaac Bonney, in 1831, (which deed was not recorded until I860,) off from the easterly side of his lot, and adjoining said Bonney’s other land, under whom, through several mesne conveyances, the plaintiff holds. The case will be readily understood by referring to the following diagram. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The presiding Judge ruled that the western line of the two foot…
1Opinion of the Court
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Barrows, J.
This is a question of boundary,, depending upon the construction of the deeds under which the parties severally claim.
The plaintiff and defendant are the owners of adjoining lots, lying on the northerly side of a road, or street, running easterly and westerly, in the village of Winthrop. Prior to June 16, 1831, Samuel Benjamin owned the lot which the defendant now claims, and Isaac Bonney owned the plaintiff’s lot, as per deed from Edmund Frost, and there seems to be no dispute as to where the dividing line between the lots at that time was.
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