Wilder v. Butler
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action of forcible entry and detainer. In the Municipal Court defendant filed plea of general issue, together with brief statement alleging title in Walter Morse Wilder, under whom defendant claimed to occupy and hold the property in question.
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Action of forcible entry and detainer. In the Municipal Court defendant filed plea of general issue, together with brief statement alleging title in Walter Morse Wilder, under whom defendant claimed to occupy and hold the property in question. In the Supreme Court, to which the action was appealed, defendants, by consent of plaintiff and by leave of court, filed an amended brief statement and also filed an equitable plea under and by virtue of Chap. 84, Secs. 14, 17, R. S., 1903 (Chap. 87, Secs. 15, 17, R. S., 1916), and the case was reported to Law Court upon agreed statements, the Law Court…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, C. J.
This is an action of forcible entry and detainer. The legal rights of the parties depend upon the construction to be given to the words “child or children” as used in a certain clause in a trust deed from Andreas Blume to Frank B. Wilder, Trustee, dated January 23, 1892. This trust deed granted a life estate in certain property in Waldo County to William L. Wilder, and, at his decease, an estate to Minnie E. Wilder, the wife of William L., during her life or her widowhood. Then follows the clause in controversy: “And on her marriage, or if she shall not marry again, on her death,- (the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sewall v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Wyeth v. StoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Blodgett v. StowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Walcott v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
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- Mooney v. TollesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- Middletown Trust Co. v. GaffeySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
- New England Trust Company v. SangerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955
- In Re FislerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1942
- Wheeling Dollar Savings & Trust Co. v. StewartWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1946
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