Chinn v. Blanchard

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

This is a possessory action, in which the plaintiff also claims damages. Both parties claim to possess under metes and bounds, according to the calls of written titles. Each show a previous actual possession of a part of their respective tracts. But the portion over which their possessions lap is woodland, and has never been in the actual possession of either. There was judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the' possession, and one hundred dollars damages. The defendant has appealed.

The defendant’s counsel argues, that as the land, the…