Titus v. Morse
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions from Nisi Prius, Rice, J., presiding. Trespass quare clausum. Both parties claimed title to the locus in quo, and the question in dispute was as to the division line between the owners of contiguous lots in the town of Appleton. The strip in dispute was about sixteen rods wide at one end and eleven rods at the other. The lots on either side were formerly known as the John Newbit on the north, and Christopher Newbit on the south.
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On Exceptions from Nisi Prius, Rice, J., presiding. Trespass quare clausum. Both parties claimed title to the locus in quo, and the question in dispute was as to the division line between the owners of contiguous lots in the town of Appleton. The strip in dispute was about sixteen rods wide at one end and eleven rods at the other. The lots on either side were formerly known as the John Newbit on the north, and Christopher Newbit on the south. Plaintiff claimed title by mesne conveyances from one Jacob Newbit, but he also purchased a claim to the same, sold by the administrator of Walter…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
This case is presented on exceptions, and on. a motion for a new trial, on the ground, that the verdict was against the evidence, and the weight of the evidence. Both the exceptions and motion have been elaborately argued in writing. There was a large amount of testimony adduced at the trial, all of which has been reported. The report is in the main, a transcript of the minutes of testimony taken by the presiding Judge, made by the counsel for the defendant.
The action is trespass qua,re clausum. The parties are proprietors of contiguous lots, formerly know as the John Newbit and Christopher…
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