Rogers v. Hillhouse
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THIS was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, brought in 1818, and tried in New-Lonaon county, January term, 1820, before Brainard, J. The plaintiff claimed title to the land described in the declaration, by deed from Elisha Lathrop and others, to Simon Lathrop, dated May 10th, 1760; and through him, at his decease, on the 25th oí January, 1774, by descent, to his daughter Martha Cogswell, then, and until her decease, on the 6th of March, 1795, a feme covert; from…
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THIS was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, brought in 1818, and tried in New-Lonaon county, January term, 1820, before Brainard, J. The plaintiff claimed title to the land described in the declaration, by deed from Elisha Lathrop and others, to Simon Lathrop, dated May 10th, 1760; and through him, at his decease, on the 25th oí January, 1774, by descent, to his daughter Martha Cogswell, then, and until her decease, on the 6th of March, 1795, a feme covert; from her, by devise, made with her husband’s consent, to certain of her children and grand-children ; from them, by deed, dated…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
The controversy between the parties, respects the title to the land, on which the trespass is declared to have been committed.
The plaintiff claims title from Elisha Lathrop and others, by deed from him to Simon Lathrop, from whom the estate descended to Martha Cogswell, a feme covert. She, with the consent'of her husband, devised the estate to certain of her children and grand-children, who granted it to Ebenezer Devotion, and he, by deed of bargain and sale, conveyed all the described tract, except ten acres, to the plaintiff; and the ten acres he released to him, by deed of…
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