McKown v. Powers
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion and exceptions. This was a real action in which the jury returned a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiff'filed a general motion for a new trial anda bill of exceptions. The view taken by the court renders any further report of the case and the arguments of counsel unnecessary.
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, J.
This is a real action coming before the law court on motion and exceptions.
I. Motion. The only issue for the jury under the rulings of the judge, was whether the plaintiff’s grantors had occupied the demanded premises openly, notoriously, continuously, exclusively and adversely for at least twenty years. The plaintiff had the affirmative of this issue and we think he failed to maintain it.
II. ' Exceptions. The bill of exceptions is in the following general terms: "In the course of the trial sundry evidence offered in behalf of the plaintiff was excluded by the court; and other evidence…
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