McGuire v. Murray
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In Equity. In equity. On report. Bill in equity brought by the plaintiff against the defendant Edward P. Murray and ten others, praying the court to decree that the defendant Murray held the legal title to a certain dwelling house and lot in Bangor in trust for the plaintiff and to compel the defendants to convey the property to him free of all liens and incumbrances.
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In Equity. In equity. On report. Bill in equity brought by the plaintiff against the defendant Edward P. Murray and ten others, praying the court to decree that the defendant Murray held the legal title to a certain dwelling house and lot in Bangor in trust for the plaintiff and to compel the defendants to convey the property to him free of all liens and incumbrances. The defendants answered, the evidence was taken out, and the cause was then reported to the Law Court for determination. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This bill in equity is brought to obtain from the court a decree that the defendant Murray holds the legal title to a certain dwelling house and lot in Bangor in trust for the plaintiff, and to compel the defendants to convey the property to him free of all liens and incumbrances. The case comes to the Law Court on report.
The material facts alleged and not denied and those satisfactorily established by the evidence, may be succinctly stated as follows:
On the 22nd day of February, 1893, Mary J. McGuire, wife of the plaintiff, being seized in fee of the house in question, valued at $5000,…
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