Emmett v. Perry
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motions and exceptions by plaintiff. Neal action to recover land on Seven Hundred Acre Island in Islesboro. Plea, general issue with brief statement claiming title to the demanded premises by adverse possession. Verdict for defendant. Plaintiff took exceptions to the admission of certain testimony, and filed a general motion for a new trial, and also filed a motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
Neal action to recover land on Seven Hundred Acre. Island in Islesboro. The verdict was for the defendant and the case comes here on her motion and exceptions and also on her motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.
Plaintiff claimed title through intermediate conveyances by deeds to her father Daniel Philbrook from Job Philbrook and by deed to Job from William Griffin in 1802. Defendant claimed title by deed from her father Jabez Philbrook, and he by deed from Jones Shaw whose title was obtained in 1830. The defendant also claimed title by adverse possessions by her…
2Cited by1 opinion
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