Pettee v. Omega Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho

The controversy is over the meaning of a deed given by the plaintiff to the defendant’s grantor in 1915. The description in the deed is as follows:

“A certain tract of land situate in Durham, N. H., bounded and described as follows, to wit: Bordering on and situated East of land conveyed March 23, 1915, to Frances L. Hewett by heirs of Horace Pettee. Commencing at the southeast corner of said Hewett land thence northerly along said Hewett land about 127 feet to land of Horace Pettee Estate; thence easterly along the prolongation of the northerly side of said Hewett land about 37 ft. to a point…