Scoville v. Hawkins

Appellees brought this action in 1954 to quiet title to certain real estate; to recover possession of a three foot strip thereof together with damages for its unlawful detention; and to require appellants to remove certain structures from the three foot strip. Appellants filed their answer and also a counter-claim by which they sought to quiet title to the three foot strip in themselves. Trial to the court resulted in a finding and judgment in favor of appellees. Appellants assign here as error the overruling of their motion for a new trial.

It appears from the evidence that Arthur C. Root and…