Baldwin v. Wallace

This proceeding is brought to remove a cloud from the title to a strip of land now or formerly a part of a highway in the town of Canaan, and for an assessment of damages for trespass thereon. The locus lies between two lots owned by the plaintiffs. The defendant claimed through a deed of it, prior in date to the plaintiffs’ deed, but not recorded until after the plaintiffs took and recorded their deed, in ignorance of the defendant’s claim.

In his argument here, the defendant has not relied upon any claim of title by deed, but defends solely upon the proposition that the plaintiffs have not…