Layton v. Bailey
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to determine tlie title to certain real estate in tlie town of Norwalk, brought to and tried by tlie Superior Court in Fairfield County, Thayer, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff.
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Action to determine tlie title to certain real estate in tlie town of Norwalk, brought to and tried by tlie Superior Court in Fairfield County, Thayer, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff. In 1855 one William H. Benger, the plaintiff’s predecessor in title, bought a half acre of land, with a house thereon, described in the deed as follows : “ Bounded northerly and easterly on highway; southerly on land of Anson Quintard and heirs of James Quintard, and westerly on land of Fanny Saunders, wife of Thomas Saunders.” The land mentioned as the…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
It is admitted by the pleadings that the plaintiff is the owner in fee of the piece of land called the Benger tract, as it appears in map 2 of the statement. The plaintiff alleges that he is also owner of the triangular piece of land in dispute, as it appears in the same map, and this allegation is denied by the defendants. It is patent from the pleadings, as well as from the finding of the court, that the plaintiff’s action is founded on his alleged ownership in fee of this disputed piece of land, the boundaries of which are clearly defined in the pleadings. The defendants not only deny the…
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