Peck v. Newton

By the Court, Parker, J.

This is an action to recover the possession of land. The plaintiff rests the right of the school district (which he represents,) to the land in question, upon an alleged exchange made by the district with Jehiel Parsons, in 1834. The district was, at that time, in possession of a school house and lot, on the south side of the street, holding under one Parsons by some sort of contract. It became desirable to remove the school house from that site. Parsons owned the land on the opposite side of the street, and, at a special meeting of the inhabitants of the district,…