Quimby v. Dill
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report from Nisi Prius, Rice, J., presiding. Wkit of Entry. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and Enoch Dill and his wife, two of them, by their brief statement, claimed a life • estate in the demanded premises; Mercy Dill, the other defendant, claimed title to a portion by force of a levy, and to the residue as tenant under the other defendants, and if the levy failed, a tenancy in the whole under Enoch and his wife.
Read the full summary
On Report from Nisi Prius, Rice, J., presiding. Wkit of Entry. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and Enoch Dill and his wife, two of them, by their brief statement, claimed a life • estate in the demanded premises; Mercy Dill, the other defendant, claimed title to a portion by force of a levy, and to the residue as tenant under the other defendants, and if the levy failed, a tenancy in the whole under Enoch and his wife. On July 3, 1843, Enoch Dill conveyed the premises to Eben. M. Dill, and the latter executed a lease of the same under his hand and seal to Enoch Dill and his wife…
1Opinion of the CourtGoodenow, J.
This is a writ of entry. Enoch Dill and Doraxa, his wife, two of the respondents, plead the general issue, and filed a brief statement, claiming that they are seized of a life estate in the demanded premises, by virtue of a lease from Eben. M. Dill to them. The respondent, Mercy Dill, pleads the general issue, and also files a brief statement, claiming that she is seized of a portion of the demanded premises, by virtue of a levy of an execution in her favor, against said Enoch Dill; and that, as to the residue of said premises, she claims to hold the same, as tenant of the said Enoch and…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Lebens v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Chapman v. HughesMississippi Supreme Court · 1883
- Harrison & Calhoon v. South Carthage Mining Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1904
- Newman v. Northern Montana Ass'n of Credit MenMontana Supreme Court · 1922