Goodwin v. Boutin

This is a real action. Defendant pleaded nul disseisin ; he also, by brief statement, set up equitable estoppel. At the close of the evidence, the judge in the trial court ordered a verdict .for the defendant. Plaintiff excepted.

The controlling question is, whether the plaintiff, upon whom the burden of proof was imposed, introduced evidence of such a character, assuming it true and giving it full probative, value, as would have warranted the jury in finding the issue in his favor. Heath v. Jaquith, 68 Me., 433; Jewell v. Gagne, 82 Me., 430; Royal, Admrx. v. Bar Harbor, etc., Co., 114 Me.,…