Leavitt v. Elkin

This is a bill in equity to establish title to a strip of land that the plaintiff alleges he believed he owned as a part of the “original purchase” and was entitled to, in any event, by reason of adverse possession, “under the claim that it was a part of the original grant.” The suit was referred to a master. An interlocutory decree was entered confirming the master’s report, except as modified by sustaining two exceptions of the defendant, and a final decree was entered dismissing the bill. The plaintiff appealed from both decrees. The evidence is not reported.

*397The master made categorical…