May v. Labbe
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Writ of entry to recover tract of land in Aroostook county. Part of the land claimed in the plaintiff’s writ is marked on the plan or sketch shown in the opinion of the court and called “disputed tract.” The defendant disclaimed as to all of the land lying westerly of the line marked C D on the sketch or plan and pleaded nul disseizin as to the strip between the line A B and the line C D, called the disputed tract.
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Writ of entry to recover tract of land in Aroostook county. Part of the land claimed in the plaintiff’s writ is marked on the plan or sketch shown in the opinion of the court and called “disputed tract.” The defendant disclaimed as to all of the land lying westerly of the line marked C D on the sketch or plan and pleaded nul disseizin as to the strip between the line A B and the line C D, called the disputed tract. The jury rendered a verdict for the defendant, and the case was before the court on motion by plaintiff for new trial and exceptions to certain rulings of the presiding Justice.…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
Writ of entry to recover a tract of land in Fort Kent. The case has been before this court once before on exceptions to the direction of a verdict for the defendant. The court held that there was at least prima facie evidence that the plaintiff had title to the disputed strip or to some part of it. May v. Labbe, 112 Maine, 209. Upon a second trial the jury found for the defendant. And the case comes up on plaintiff’s motion for a new trial and exceptions.
The plaintiff owns the westerly part of Lot 18, south of the St. Francis road so called, and the defendant the easterly part. Their lands…
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- Perreault v. ToussaintSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
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