Wooster v. Hunts Lyman Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Ejectment, brought to the Superior Court, and tried on the general issue closed to the court (Loomis, J.) Facts found and case reserved for advice. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSeymour, J.
Action of ejectment. The plaintiff claims title to the demanded premises by deed from Henry S. Wooster, as administrator, of the insolvent estate of Frederick Roberts, formerly) of Goshen, Connecticut, deceased. The deed is in due form of law, and bears date March 22d, 1869. Roberts died in 1845, leaving a widow and children, and was the owner of the premises at the time of his death. Immediately upon his death his widow and children took exclusive possession of the property, claiming it as their own, and retained such possession as heirs and widow of the deceased till March 30th, 1857. They…
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