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Dow v. McKenneyDow v. McKenney

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Jul 1, 1875
Reporters:
Before:
Danforth
Danforth, J.

From the facts reported in this case it is a necessary inference that the ‍​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‍parties and those under whom they severally claim were the owners of adjoining lots conveyed to them by deeds with sufficiently described lines, and that neither claimed title to ‍​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‍any land beyond the lines thus described until the mistake in the location of the fence was discovered a short time and much less than twenty years before the ‍​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‍commencement of this action.

The case is thus brought clearly within the principle settled in Worcester v. Lord, 56 Maine, 265, and cases there cited. Upon a re-examination of that decision ‍​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‍we believe it to be sound and decisive of this. The ruling of the presiding justice was in accordance with this doctrine and there must be judgment for the ‍​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‍plaintiff as ordered by him. Exceptions overruled.

Appleton, C. J., .Dickerson, Tiro-in, Peters and Libbey, JL, concurred.

Case Details

Case Name: Dow v. McKenney
Court Name: Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Date Published: Jul 1, 1875
Citation: 64 Me. 138
Court Abbreviation: Me.
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