Chickering v. Yates

Mabel Chickering appeals from an order of the Superior Court denying her the relief she requested under 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 6651 — 54 (Summary Proceedings to Quiet Title) and dismissing her complaint. 1 We affirm the judgment.

The case before us presents a record of procedural, nightmare. On at least two occasions the case reached the state of scheduled jury trial without either party recognizing the necessity for a preliminary order by the court sitting without jury under 14 M.R.S.A. § 6654. That section provides in part: “The court shall make such decree respecting the bringing and prosecuting of…