Tasker v. Cilley
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Trespass, quare clausum. Plea, the general issue, with a brief statement of soil and freehold. Facts 'found by a referee. The deeds through which the plaintiff derived his title described his land as bounded in part by a line running easterly to Strafford, thence southerly to the corner of a lot, thence westerly to the south-west corner of Samuel and Reuben Brown’s land.
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Trespass, quare clausum. Plea, the general issue, with a brief statement of soil and freehold. Facts 'found by a referee. The deeds through which the plaintiff derived his title described his land as bounded in part by a line running easterly to Strafford, thence southerly to the corner of a lot, thence westerly to the south-west corner of Samuel and Reuben Brown’s land. The defendant claimed that the junction of the plaintiff’s east line with a fence on the north side of the disputed territory was the point referred to in the description as the southerly corner of a lot. The referee found…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
The location on the ground of the boundaries described in the deeds was a question of fact for the determination of the referee. Madden v. Tucker, 46 Me. 367; Abbott v. Abbott, 51 Me. 575; Tebbetts v. Estes, 52 Me. 566; Williston v. Morse, 10 Met. 17, 27.
Judgment for the plaintiff.
Foster and Allen, JJ., did not sit: the others concurred.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Abbott v. AbbottSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1863
- Tebbetts v. EstesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1864
- Madden v. TuckerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1859
3Cited by1 opinion
- Brown v. PeasleeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1898