Thurston v. Miller
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Ejectment, brought to recover a certain parcel of land, with improvements thereon, situated in the city of Providence. The plaintiff, claiming a tax title under an alleged sale by the city treasurer, in 1870, entered his suit at the December Term, 1871, of the Court of Common Pleas for this county, and, on general issue joined, submitted to judgment in favor of the defendant, and took an appeal to this court, where, a jury trial having been waived, the case was submitted to…
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Ejectment, brought to recover a certain parcel of land, with improvements thereon, situated in the city of Providence. The plaintiff, claiming a tax title under an alleged sale by the city treasurer, in 1870, entered his suit at the December Term, 1871, of the Court of Common Pleas for this county, and, on general issue joined, submitted to judgment in favor of the defendant, and took an appeal to this court, where, a jury trial having been waived, the case was submitted to the court both in fact and law. At the hearing a copy of the returns of sales of real estate for taxes made by the city…
1Opinion of the CourtBraxton, C. J.
This is an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff Tburston, to recover possession of a lot of land in tbe city of Providence, described in tbe declaration as Lot No. 69 on plat 32 of the plats made for tbe use of the assessors in said city, in their office on file, to which tbe plaintiff claims title. Miller, tbe defendant, has pleaded to tbe action not guilty, in which tbe plaintiff joins issue. Tbe jury trial was waived, and tbe case submitted to tbe court as well upon tbe facts as tbe law. Upon tbe trial, tbe plaintiff claimed title by deed from Benjamin Tripp, city treasurer of tbe…
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