Perry v. Buswell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is an action of trover for the conversion of certain goods and chattels, described in plaintiff’s writ. The question involved is the title to certain real estate in Garland, Maine. Plea, general issue, with brief statement, claiming title to the land on which the logs were cut to be in defendant and not in plaintiff. At the conclusion of the evidence, by agreement of parties, the case was reported to the Law Court.
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On report. This is an action of trover for the conversion of certain goods and chattels, described in plaintiff’s writ. The question involved is the title to certain real estate in Garland, Maine. Plea, general issue, with brief statement, claiming title to the land on which the logs were cut to be in defendant and not in plaintiff. At the conclusion of the evidence, by agreement of parties, the case was reported to the Law Court. Upon so much of the evidence as is legally admissible, the Law Court shall render such judgment as-the law and the evidence require. The case is stated in the…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
This case comes up on report. The question involved is the title to certain real estate in Garland. The facts are not in dispute. In 1869, George S. Hill was the owner of “a homestead farm” situated partly in Garland' and partly in Exeter. He took title to the part in Garland and to the part in Exeter by separate deeds, at different times. Hill conveyed the whole to one Brown, and Brown to one Gould. Gould mortgaged back to Brown, August 17, 1909. The description in the mortgage was “a certain lot or parcel of land known as the homestead of said James A. Brown, lying a part in said town of…
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