Trefethen v. Lynam
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In Equity. On Appeal. This was an equitable trustee process, under R. S., c. 77, § 6, cl. X, heard in the court below on bill, answers and proofs,’ and where the bill was dismissed. The plaintiffs appealed to this court.
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In Equity. On Appeal. This was an equitable trustee process, under R. S., c. 77, § 6, cl. X, heard in the court below on bill, answers and proofs,’ and where the bill was dismissed. The plaintiffs appealed to this court. One of the principal portions of the decree appealed from is as follows: “That as Mrs. Lynam owned the real estate, she was entitled to its income, and might justly appropriate to herself from her husband’s remittances an amount equal to a fair rental of the premises occupied by her husband’s family, which were owned by her; and that the amounts remitted to her by her…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, J.
From, the documents and the testimony of the various defendants themselves, the following facts appear to be practically undisputed.
In 1859, the defendant, Linda M. Lynam (then Linda M. Clement) was the owner by inheritance from her father of a homestead at Seal Harbor, Mt. Desert, and was living upon it with her mother. In that year she married the defendant, Capt. Eri V. Lynam, and the pair began married life upon this homestead and their home has been upon it ever since. The family has consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Lynam, their children and Mrs. Lynam’s mother. In 1882, the defendant Robert E.…
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