Cottle v. Young
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON REPORT. Trespass to recover damages for carrying away eartli and grass from the west side of tlie center of the road leading from Sidney to Winthrop, near to the pair of bars as represented on the diagram. The plaintiff claimed to own to the center of the road. His title is set out in the premises of the two deeds described in the opinion.
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ON REPORT. Trespass to recover damages for carrying away eartli and grass from the west side of tlie center of the road leading from Sidney to Winthrop, near to the pair of bars as represented on the diagram. The plaintiff claimed to own to the center of the road. His title is set out in the premises of the two deeds described in the opinion. The defendant’s title was derived from one Shedd, whoso deed described the premises as follows: “ Beginning in the north-west corner of lot numbered 10,7, thence south south-west by Bernsly Caldwell’s land, to land lately owned by Otis Follett; thence…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
There seems to be no conflict between the title of the plaintiff and that of the defendant. Each holds what is conveyed to him.
The plaintiff can recover only on the strength of his own title. The only question is whether the plaintiff is bounded by the center of the road leading from Sidney to Wintlirop, and that depends upon the true construction of the deeds under which his title is derived.
The deed from George Snell to the plaintiff, dated Sept. 8,1865, describes the premises conveyed as follows': “ A certain piece of and situate in said town of Manchester, and bounded as follows: on the…
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