Coburn v. Page
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In equity. . On appeal by defendants. Dismissed. Decree sustained. Bill in equity brought by the plaintiffs, eighteen in number, against Edward P. Page and Lizzie M. Page, his wife, praying that a certain outstanding right of redemption of certain real estate owned by the plaintiffs and the said Edward P. Page as tenants in common, and which said outstanding right had been purchased by their co-tenant, the said Edward P. Page, and by his direction conveyed to his said wife,…
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In equity. . On appeal by defendants. Dismissed. Decree sustained. Bill in equity brought by the plaintiffs, eighteen in number, against Edward P. Page and Lizzie M. Page, his wife, praying that a certain outstanding right of redemption of certain real estate owned by the plaintiffs and the said Edward P. Page as tenants in common, and which said outstanding right had been purchased by their co-tenant, the said Edward P. Page, and by his direction conveyed to his said wife, be conveyed to them in accordance with their respective interests in the real estate. Answers were duly filed by each of…
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Bill in equity before this court on defendants’ appeal.
On February 19, 1902 the defendant, Edward P. Page, and the original plaintiffs were tenants in common of a certain township of land in Somerset county known as Moxie Gore. Page owned one-fourth and the plaintiffs three-fourths. About that time Page, and some, at least, of the other co-tenants, learned that their common title to the township was derived through a chain of conveyances beginning with a mortgage title as far back as 1835 and 1836, and that the equity of redemption thereof had never been foreclosed or released, being…
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- Rothwell v. DeweesSupreme Court of the United States · 1863
- Hunter v. BosworthWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Barnes v. BoardmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Bracken v. CooperIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Booker v. CrockerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
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