Lew v. Bray
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature of ejectment to recover possession of a small strip of land in the town of Branford, and for damages, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, Bennett, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant. The plaintiffs and the defendant own adjoining lots, which were purchased by them from the same grantor. The defendant’s lot is located north of that of the plaintiffs.
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Action in the nature of ejectment to recover possession of a small strip of land in the town of Branford, and for damages, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, Bennett, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant. The plaintiffs and the defendant own adjoining lots, which were purchased by them from the same grantor. The defendant’s lot is located north of that of the plaintiffs. The land in dispute is a triangular strip about one hundred and ten feet long, and one foot and nine and one half inches wide on the…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
We perceive no reason why the finding of the trial court should be corrected. The case turned upon the location of the northwesterly corner of the plaintiffs’ land. The parties derive title from the same grantor, the plaintiffs’ purchase being the earlier. By the terms of their deed their northwesterly corner would be one hundred and sixty-eight feet, measured along their westerly boundary line, from a street on the south of their lot. Just before the deed was given, the plaintiffs and their grantor measured said westerly line and drove a stake at the northerly end of the line as thus fixed.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Atwood v. BuckinghamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
- Begbie v. BegbieCalifornia Supreme Court · 1900
- Taylor v. KeelerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
- Fessenden v. NickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Ellis v. WhittierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1854
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