Winthrop v. Curtis
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This action, which was'a writ of right, was in effect a contest between the Proprietors of the Kennebec purchase, demandants, and the Pejepscot Proprietors, tenants, concerning the western limits of the Plymouth patent, so called.
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This action, which was'a writ of right, was in effect a contest between the Proprietors of the Kennebec purchase, demandants, and the Pejepscot Proprietors, tenants, concerning the western limits of the Plymouth patent, so called. This patent bore date Jan. 16, 1629, and was a grant from the Council of Plymouth to William Bradford and his associates, of “ all that tract of land or part of New England in Jimerica afore-tl said, within or between, and extendeth itself from the utmost “ limits of Cobbiseconte, alias Comaseconte, which adjoineth to the The lower, or foot line of this tract, was…
1Opinion of the Court
Weston J.
The demandants in this action move for a new trial on account of a misdirection of the Judge in a matter of law to the jury ; by which they were instructed that “iftheybeliev- “ ed the demanded premises were within fifteen miles of Kenne-u bee river, measuring in any direction, or on any point of compass “ from the river, they ought,to find their verdict for the deman-u dants.” It appears from the evidence reported by the Judge, that the demanded premises are within fifteen miles of Kennebec river, measuring in one direction ; but that they are not within fifteen miles of the river,…
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- Van Gorden v. JacksonCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1809
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