Connor v. Pushor
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion and exceptions. This was a real action to recover possession of a small piece of land situate in Pittsfield village, in the County of Somerset. Plea, the general issue. During the progress of the trial the defendants introduced evidence tending to prove the loss of an unrecorded deed from Hiram B. Connor to Thomas McCausland of the piece of land in controversy, also a deed of release with a persona] covenant of warranty from McCausland to Harriet Chase.
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On motion and exceptions. This was a real action to recover possession of a small piece of land situate in Pittsfield village, in the County of Somerset. Plea, the general issue. During the progress of the trial the defendants introduced evidence tending to prove the loss of an unrecorded deed from Hiram B. Connor to Thomas McCausland of the piece of land in controversy, also a deed of release with a persona] covenant of warranty from McCausland to Harriet Chase. It did not appear, however, that Harriet Chase ever had possession of the premises. The plaintiffs claimed title to said land as…
1Opinion of the CourtWalton, J.
This is a real action to determine the title to a small piece of land (about one fourth of an acre) lying on the easterly bank of the Sebasticook river in the town of Pittsfield. The decision of the cause ultimately turned upon an alleged want of title in the plaintiffs. At first the defendants undertook to set up a title in themselves by adverse possession ; but the evidence was too weak, and this ground of defense wasabandoned. The defendants then undertook to show a want of title in the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs, as the heirs-at-law of their father (H. B. Connor) had a record title…
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