Randall v. Randall
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON REPORT. Trespass guare clausum for breaking and. entering the plaintiff’s close in Dixmont, and cutting and carrying away the grass, and carrying away the apples growing in said close. Plea, general issue.' . . On September 17, 1844, Nathaniel Randall conveyed by deed of quit claim to John J. Bickford, the west half of his farm described by metes and bounds.
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ON REPORT. Trespass guare clausum for breaking and. entering the plaintiff’s close in Dixmont, and cutting and carrying away the grass, and carrying away the apples growing in said close. Plea, general issue.' . . On September 17, 1844, Nathaniel Randall conveyed by deed of quit claim to John J. Bickford, the west half of his farm described by metes and bounds. In this deed is the following clause : “Excepting, however, the reserve of the four rows of apple-trees on the north side of the orchard, with a suitable passway to and from the same, and the land on which they stand. Also, so much of…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
Both parties claim title under Nathaniel Randall, who on Sept. 17, 1844, conveyed by deed of quitclaim the west half of his farm to one Bickford, “ excepting, however, the reserve of the four [rows of apple-trees on the north side of the orchard, with a suitable passway to and from the same, and the land on which they stand. Also, so much of the second growth of ash timber as I shall want for my own personal use.”
*340On February 13, 1861, Nathaniel Randall conveyed by deed of warranty to the plaintiff the east half, of said farm, ’together with the land excepted or reserved in his deed to…
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