Wellman v. Dickey
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On EXCEPTIONS. The case is stated in the opiuion. cited : Moore v. Moore, 21 Maine, 354 ; Hunt v. liich, 38 Maine, 195 ; Look v. Horton, 55 Maine, 103; K. S., c. 18, § 95; Whittier v. McIntyre, 59 Maine, 144; Stetson v. Bangor, 73 Maine, 359; Gutter v. Cambridge, (i Allen, 20; Winslow v. Hay son, 113 Mass. 411. cited: Little v. Pollster, 3 Maine, tí; Starr v. Jackson, 11 Mass. 519; E. S., e. 18, §§ 76, 50; Oyr v. Dufour, 68 Maine, 492. The grantors in the plaintiff’s deed…
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On EXCEPTIONS. The case is stated in the opiuion. cited : Moore v. Moore, 21 Maine, 354 ; Hunt v. liich, 38 Maine, 195 ; Look v. Horton, 55 Maine, 103; K. S., c. 18, § 95; Whittier v. McIntyre, 59 Maine, 144; Stetson v. Bangor, 73 Maine, 359; Gutter v. Cambridge, (i Allen, 20; Winslow v. Hay son, 113 Mass. 411. cited: Little v. Pollster, 3 Maine, tí; Starr v. Jackson, 11 Mass. 519; E. S., e. 18, §§ 76, 50; Oyr v. Dufour, 68 Maine, 492. The grantors in the plaintiff’s deed did not convey the land where the road was laid out twenty years before the date of the deed. The general boundaries are…
1Opinion of the CourtHaskell, J.
Trespass q. c. for the cutting down of twenty ornamental trees. The defendant attempts to justify by the lawful performance of duty as highway surveyor.
The plaintiff, in 1859, entered into possession of a lot of land, lying " southwardly ” of a highway, under an agreement to purchase, and hitherto has held possession thereof, and received a deed of the same, October 14, 1863. He planted and nurtured a row of shade trees across his land, along the highway. The jury found that some of the trees stood without the limits of the highway, and assessed damages.
The words of grant in the plaintiff’s…
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