Adams v. Larrabee
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Writ of Entry to recover a tract of land in township No. 6, in range 4, north of the Lottery lands, described by metes and bounds, with a count for mesne profits.
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Writ of Entry to recover a tract of land in township No. 6, in range 4, north of the Lottery lands, described by metes and bounds, with a count for mesne profits. The facts were reported by Appleton, J. Under a resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed Eeb. 26, 1808, the agents named therein conveyed to C-eorge Ulmer and others a square tract of land in the south-west corner of township 6, containing 5760 acres, which said grantees and those claiming under them have since held. In 1831, the State conveyed the remainder of the township, containing 9992 acres, to Waterston & Pray; and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Davis, J.
Pursuant to a Resolve passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts in 1808, a square tract of land, in the south-west corner of township number 6, in range 4, north of the Bingham purchase, containing 5160 acres, was conveyed to the Duck Trap Bridge Corporation.
In 1831, this State sold the remainder of the township, containing 9992 acres to Waterston & Pray; and the demandant subsequently acquired a title to one-eighth part of it, which was set off to him in severalty by his co-tenants.
In 1856, the whole of the 9992 acres, excepting three public…
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