LaPlante v. Lee

Action for partition of real estate. The ap*156pellant was the plaintiff and claimed to own the undivided two-thirds, deriving his title through a deed made by the administrator of the estate of Patrick Lee, and that the appellee owned the remainder as widow of the said. Patrick. The appellee answered'by a general denial.

The questions presented arise under the second specification of error — the overruling of the motion for a new trial.

The appellant insists first that, on the evidence, he was entitled to a verdict; but there are two reasons why he was not.

First. While he put in evidence a deed…