Wolcott v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition in equity. The petition alleged that. Elisha Wolcott, one of the petitioners, in the manner and with the exceptions thereinafter stated, was the owner in fee simple of a certain lot of land situated in Wethersfield, called the Montague lot, formerly the estate of George and Sarah Montague, which on their death descended to their children, Martha, Abigail, Sarah, and Justus, and of which the portions of Martha and Abigail had since become vested in the said Wolcott;…
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Petition in equity. The petition alleged that. Elisha Wolcott, one of the petitioners, in the manner and with the exceptions thereinafter stated, was the owner in fee simple of a certain lot of land situated in Wethersfield, called the Montague lot, formerly the estate of George and Sarah Montague, which on their death descended to their children, Martha, Abigail, Sarah, and Justus, and of which the portions of Martha and Abigail had since become vested in the said Wolcott; that in 1810, Robert Robbins, Sen., the ancestor of the respondent, sold to one Warner a strip of land one rod in width…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
We have not been able to discover any ground in this case upon which the plaintiffs’ bill can be sustained. It can not be supported on the ground of quieting them, or either of them, in the possession of property to which they have an equitable but not a legal title. In respect to the land in controversy, it is admitted and claimed that the title to it is a perfect legal title in one of the plaintiffs. The bill commences with the allegation that the said Elisha Wolcott, in the manner and with the exceptions hereinafter stated, is the owner, in fee simple, of a certain lot of land, situated,…
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