Neely v. Hoskins
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This was a writ of entry brought by the plaintiff as the successor of George Burgess, late Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in the Diocese of Maine, to recover possession of a certain lot of land and edifice thereon known as St. James” church and lot in Old Town.
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On report. This was a writ of entry brought by the plaintiff as the successor of George Burgess, late Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in the Diocese of Maine, to recover possession of a certain lot of land and edifice thereon known as St. James” church and lot in Old Town. The writ is dated December 18, 1888. Plea, general issue,, with a brief statement alleging that one Ira Wadleigh conveyed the premises to George Burgess and his successors upon condition, and that the condition had been broken and the estate forfeited to the defendants as sole heirs of said Wadleigh. Other facts…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
This is a real action to recover a lot of land with a church edifice thereon, situated in Old Town, the demand-ant claiming under a deed to himself from Ira Wadleigh, dated November 23, 1885, which, omitting formal parts and description of premises, is as follows :
*390"Know all men by these presents, that I, Ira Wadleigh, now of Sacramento in the state of California, formerly of Old Town, Maine, by Joseph 13. Moor, of Bangor, my lawful attorney duly and legally authorized to make and execute and deliver these presents, in consideration of five hundred dollars to me in hand paid by George Burgess,…
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