Wyman v. Porter
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Oil report. Ileal action to recover the possession of certain lots of land in Eustis, Franklin County. Plea, the general issue. At the conclusion of the evidence, the case was reported to the Law Court for determination. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This case comes up on report. It is a writ of entry for the possession of certain lots of land in the town of Eustis, Franklin County, containing 200 acres more or less, and known as the Robinson Pasture. The defendant pleads the general issue, did not disseize. This puts in issue the plaintiffs’ title. Under this plea defendant may rebut the plaintiffs’ proof; set up title in himself; Rowell v. Mitchell, 68 Maine, 21; or merely show that the plaintiffs have no title except title conveyed by plaintiff under which the defendant does not claim. Stetson v. Grant, 102 Maine, 222, and cases cited;…
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