Jarvis v. Albro
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Writ of entry, dated. March é, 1871, demanding a'lot of land in Ellsworth containing about 150 rods. No serious question was made as to the identity of the lot. Both parties claimed under Joseph A. Deane. The plaintiff claimed title from three sources. 1. Mortgage from Deane to Wm.
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On report. Writ of entry, dated. March é, 1871, demanding a'lot of land in Ellsworth containing about 150 rods. No serious question was made as to the identity of the lot. Both parties claimed under Joseph A. Deane. The plaintiff claimed title from three sources. 1. Mortgage from Deane to Wm. Barker to secure a note of $275, March 25, 1812, who quitclaimed to Nathaniel A. Joy, April 10, 1815, who quitclaimed to George W. Brown, March 23, 1816, who quitclaimed to plaintiff July 18, 1818. 2. Mortgage from Deane to plaintiff November 7, 1819, to secure a note of $711.68, foreclosed June 28,…
1Opinion of the CourtLibbey, J.
To prove his title to the demanded premises, the demandant relies upon a mortgage deed from Joseph A. Deane to William Barker, dated March 24,1842, recorded April 1,1842, to secure the payment of a note signed by Deane and Moore, dated February 1, 1842, for $275, payable on demand with interest.
This mortgage was assigned by said Barker to Nathaniel A. Joy, April 10,1845 ; by Jóy to Gfeorge W. Brown, March 23, 1846; and by Brown to the demandant, July 18, 1848. Said Joy made a peaceable entry upon the premises and took possession thereof for the purpose of foreclosure, September 23,1845, in…
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