Deering v. Proprietors of Long Wharf
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Whit of entry demanding a strip of flats ground in Portland, situated easterly of and near to Long Wharf, and extending from a line passing by the end of Milk Wharf to low mater mark. On June 26, 1796, John and Lucy Nichols made a deed to-Nathaniel Deering; and the main questions in controversy between the parties grew out of the construction to be given to that deed.
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Whit of entry demanding a strip of flats ground in Portland, situated easterly of and near to Long Wharf, and extending from a line passing by the end of Milk Wharf to low mater mark. On June 26, 1796, John and Lucy Nichols made a deed to-Nathaniel Deering; and the main questions in controversy between the parties grew out of the construction to be given to that deed. A copy follows : — “ Know all men by these presents, that we John Nichols of Portland in the county of Cumberland, and Lucy, wife of the said John, in her right, in consideration of the sum of ten pounds ten shillings lawful…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, Whitman C. J. having an interest in the subject matter, and taking no part in the decision, was drawn up by
Tenney J.
On May 31, 1784, Nathaniel Deering and others, the owners of the estate of which James Milk died seized and possessed, by deed of indenture set out a strip of ground extending from the foot of Milk Wharf four hundred and eighty feet towards the channel of Fore River in Portland, and one hundred and six feet easterly, from the easterly side of the street, now called Exchange street, for a wharf. A wharf was afterwards built upon this strip, to the…
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