Ginn v. Ulmer
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. Overruled. Petition under Revised Statutes, chapter 106, sections 47 and 48 as amended by Public Laws of 1907, chapter 150, to compel the defendant to bring an action to try his title to a parcel of land in South Thomaston. The petition was inserted like a declaration in a writ of attachment. The defendant filed an answer with a motion to dismiss the petition and also demurred. The motion and demurrer were overruled and the defendant excepted.
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On exceptions by defendant. Overruled. Petition under Revised Statutes, chapter 106, sections 47 and 48 as amended by Public Laws of 1907, chapter 150, to compel the defendant to bring an action to try his title to a parcel of land in South Thomaston. The petition was inserted like a declaration in a writ of attachment. The defendant filed an answer with a motion to dismiss the petition and also demurred. The motion and demurrer were overruled and the defendant excepted. The case is stated in the opinion. The petition is as follows: "State of Maine "Knox, ss. — To the Supreme Judicial Court…
1Opinion of the CourtPeabody, J.
This case is based upon a petition under R. S., chapter 106, sections 47 and 48 as amended by chapter 150, Public Laws of 1907, to compel the defendant to bring an action to try his title to a parcel of land in South Thomaston in the County of Knox.
The petition was inserted like a declaration in a writ of attachment, and the defendant filed an answer with a motion that the petition be dismissed and a demurrer to its sufficiency for the reasons: first, the question raised is one of boundary only, and on account of the uncertainty in description he does not know whether he claimed any part of…
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