Beckwith v. Rossi

This is an appeal from a decree granting defendant Rossi’s motion for a summary judgment and denying plaintiff’s motion for such a judgment.

Sarah T. Cole, in 1945, conveyed to Ralph A. Jewell certain property located in Fairfield, Maine. The controversy in the case involves the interpretation of the following provision in that deed, to wit, “Also reserving the gravel near the northerly line of said lot but with the understanding that the purchaser of the lot may take gravel therefrom for use on the farm which he owns on the westerly side of said road which was formerly a part of this farm.”…