Allen v. Batchelder

Sebastian, the tobacco-chewing sheep, would have been disconcerted by this appeal. His status as a Martha’s Vineyard tourist attraction was a function of his visibility on the Allen farm, astride the South Road in Chil mark. Sebastian could not have achieved the modest notoriety he enjoyed without tenure of the Allen farm by his owners, Henry and Maude Allen. The appellant, Batchelder, has called in question the exclusivity of the Allens’ title, which has come down to Clarissa Allen (Clarissa). Batchelder espouses a theory that his predecessors in title, nonpossessory cotenants, were not…