Baker v. Bessey
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Writ of entry to recover possession of certain real property situated in Albion and described in tbe declaration.
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On report. Writ of entry to recover possession of certain real property situated in Albion and described in tbe declaration. Writ dated April 26, 1880. (Declaration.) "In a plea of land, wherein the plaintiff demands against the defendants a lot of land situated in said Albion in said county* and bounded and described as follows : The mill and mill-dam, with the appurtenances, and the land under and adjoining them, and used therewith, situated on and across the stream that constitutes the outlet of the Lovejoy pond, so called, in Albion, and formerly owned by said Belden Bessey and now…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The demandant, under a complaint for flowage, recovered a judgment for damages against one of the present defendants; sued the same in assumpsit in order to obtain a lien-judgment against the defendants’ mill-dam and mill; recovering-in that suit ;■ purchased the property in her name at a sale by the officer upon an execution issued on the latter judgment; and institutes this action to recover possession of the property thus purchased. The proceedings in thus obtaining title seem to have been in proper form and in accordance with the statutory \ requirements.
It is contended that the present…
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