Legal Opinion

Eaton v. Hackett

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided March 3, 1976PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in the Superior Court in York County accepting and confirming the report of Commissioners which partitioned a parcel of real estate on Drakes Island in the town of Wells. We deny the appeal.

The plaintiff and defendant, brother and sister, each own an undivided one half interest in this real estate. Count I of plaintiff’s complaint sought appointment of Commissioners and partition of the property pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 6501-6525. 1 The defendant joined in the prayer.

A Justice in the Superior Court ordered the partition and appointed…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dyer v. LowellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1849
  2. Morse v. MorseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1954
  3. Burpee v. BurpeeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1919
  4. Field v. HanscombSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1839

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Gartner v. TempleSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2014
  2. Eli v. EliSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Hackett v. EatonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978

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