Bonney v. Foss
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. In a real action brought by the present plaintiff against Samuel Morrill, the demandant recovered a small strip of land in Winthrop Village, as appears by the statement of that case and the plan in 52 Maine, 252, where the initial of Mr. Bonney’s middle name is erroneously printed H. The two feet claimed in that action were occupied by the underpinning of a building afterward erected by Loring Foss, with the pecuniary assistance of his wife, under authority from…
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On report. In a real action brought by the present plaintiff against Samuel Morrill, the demandant recovered a small strip of land in Winthrop Village, as appears by the statement of that case and the plan in 52 Maine, 252, where the initial of Mr. Bonney’s middle name is erroneously printed H. The two feet claimed in that action were occupied by the underpinning of a building afterward erected by Loring Foss, with the pecuniary assistance of his wife, under authority from Morrill, which when built covered a little more of Bonney’s land. When it was determined by the result of the real action…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
This is an action of assumpsit to recover the rent of a strip of land three feet and two and a half inches wide in front, three feet eight inches in the rear, and fifty feet deep, with a segment of a building of the same dimensions standing on it, two stories high with no partition between this segment and the other portions of the building.
It seems that the plaintiff and one Morrill were adjacent owners; that a dispute as to boundaries arose between them; that the plaintiff brought a writ of entry in which he recovered the strip of land above described; that the defendant, who claims title…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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