Bragg v. Burleigh
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On. report. Replevin for certain logs cut in the winter of 1869 on the public lots reserved by the State in the east half of township No. 2, Range 5, W. E. L. S. The writ was dated June 11, 1869. The plaintiffs claim title to the logs under a deed from the State, by B. W. Norris, then land agent, dated Dec. 26, 1862, to Davis R. Stockwell of the right to cut timber and grass upon the reserved land mentioned above, “ until the said township or tract shall be incorporated, or…
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On. report. Replevin for certain logs cut in the winter of 1869 on the public lots reserved by the State in the east half of township No. 2, Range 5, W. E. L. S. The writ was dated June 11, 1869. The plaintiffs claim title to the logs under a deed from the State, by B. W. Norris, then land agent, dated Dec. 26, 1862, to Davis R. Stockwell of the right to cut timber and grass upon the reserved land mentioned above, “ until the said township or tract shall be incorporated, or organized for plantation purposes, and no longer.” The defendant, who was land agent at the time of the alleged trespass…
1Opinion of the CourtDicKERSON, J.
Replevin for certain logs cut on the public lot reserved by the State on the east half of township No. 2, Range 5, W. E. L. S., in the winter of 1869. The plaintiffs claim title to the logs under a deed from the land agent, to Davis R. Stock-well of the right to cut timber and grass on said public lot, dated Dec. 22,1862. It is admitted that the plaintiffs’ title is good unless the right to cut under that deed had ceased before the cutting, by reason of the organization of the township into a plantation by the name of “ Silver Ridge.”
*446No question is made as to the validity of that organization…
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