Wishart v. McKnight

This is a writ of entry to recover a strip of land about ten feet wide, extending back from the line of the street between the dwelling houses of the parties. The case has previously been before us on exceptions which appear in 178 Mass. 356, where may be found with the statement of facts, a plan of the locus. The present exceptions are to the refusal to make certain rulings requested by the demandant, which relate to thesufficiency of the evidence to support a finding of the acquisition by the tenant of a title by disseisin. The tenant has not personally maintained the possession relied on…