Martineau v. King

This action of trespass and ejectment was commenced in December 1969 in the Sixth Division District Court and then by agreement was removed to the Superior Court. There it was tried on the plaintiffs’ claim for possession of a 20-to-22 acre tract of land in Smithfield and on the defendants’ defense and counterclaim that they themselves had acquired legal title to that tract by adverse possession and that their possession of it was therefore rightful. The plaintiffs are the heirs-at-law of Nora Bessette, alias Nora King, who died intestate in 1946, holding record title to the real estate in…