Chace v. Lamphere

This is an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff to recover possession of a parcel of land of about 20 acres, and resulted in a verdict, directed by the court, in favor of the plaintiff, that he recover the possession in fee of the premises, with $180 for the use and occupation, and judgment was "entered upon such verdict, and the defendant appeals therefrom to this court. The plaintiff and defendant were nephews of Smith Shaw, who, in the year 1871, and thereafter to his decease, was the owner of two farms, one known as the “Wooley Earm,” which was conveyed by Samuel Wooley and wife…