Stewart v. Small
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion. Real action to recover an uncultivated and uninclosed lot of wild land situate in the town of Wellington. Plea, nul disseizin. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants. The case was taken to'the Law Court on plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. Case stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, J.
Real action respecting an uncultivated and uninclosed lot of land, numbered 90, containing approximately 160 acres, in the incorporated town of Wellington. Plea nul disseizin. Verdict was for defendants. "Plaintiffs present the case on motion in usual form. They have the true record title. Relying on a chain of recorded deeds, the first in which is one to the corporation of the town of Wellington from its treasurer, on sale of the lot, in the year 1875, for non-payment of taxes, and, additionally, on common law adverse possession, defendants set up, as to the whole lot, a better title in…
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