Lawrence v. . Ball

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] In November, 1810, John Lawrence devised the premises to the plaintiff. In June, 1805, Lawrence entered into a contract with one Wait Ball for their sale to the latter, the purchase money to be paid in five years. The lands were unimproved. Ball never entered into actual possession under the contract, but was in the habit of getting timber from the lot up to his death in 1837. Some thirty-five years before the trial, one Baker, who claimed to enter under Ball,…