Chesley v. Holmes
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report from Nisi Prius, Shepley, O. J. presiding. Writ op Entry, to recover possession of lots numbered 3 and 4, in the first range, according to the new survey, in the town of Oxford. The tenant pleaded the general issue, and filed a brief statement of title in himself and in the heirs of Jacob Dwinal. The demandant, through Jairus S. Keith, claimed title from the administrator of Samuel Brown, deceased.
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On Report from Nisi Prius, Shepley, O. J. presiding. Writ op Entry, to recover possession of lots numbered 3 and 4, in the first range, according to the new survey, in the town of Oxford. The tenant pleaded the general issue, and filed a brief statement of title in himself and in the heirs of Jacob Dwinal. The demandant, through Jairus S. Keith, claimed title from the administrator of Samuel Brown, deceased. And the question was, whether Brown, at the time of his death, was seized of the premises. The following diagram, in connection with the evidence, will show more distinctly the nature of…
1Opinion of the CourtTenney, J.
The demandant derives her title to the premises demanded by a deed dated Dec. 1, 1851, from Jairus S. Keith, who received a deed from Moses Chesley, administrator of the goods and estate of Samuel Brown, deceased, on the same day. The administrator appears to have been duly licensed to make sale of the real estate of the intestate, and no defect in the proceedings is pointed out by the tenant. And it remains to be shown on the part of the demandant, that the premises described in the deed to her from Keith, were the property of the intestate at the time of his death. This she attempts to do…
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