Stuart v. Fox

These three cases, which are writs of entry, involve the same facts, and are reported to this court for final determination on so much of the evidence as is legally admissible. From this evidence the following facts appear:

In 1850 James Deering was the owner of a large tract of land in what is now a growing and populous part of the City of Portland. In that year the York and Cumberland Rail Road Company, which subsequently became the Portland & Rochester Railroad Company, acquired under the terms of its charter by condemnation a right of way six rods wide through the Deering land. One rod of…