Fanning v. Willcox

Jun 15, 1808
Reporters:
By the Court.(b)

Actual ouster, and adverse possession, of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‍for fifteen years after the title, or cause of action accrued, and before suit brought, bars the plaintiff of his right of entry thereafter, whether the ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‍ouster and adverse possession be by the same person or persons, for the whole term of fifteen years, or by different persons for different periods, making ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‍fifteen years in the whole; provided, the disseisin and adverse possession have been continued and uninterrupted; and provided, that the plaintiff does not come within any ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‍of the exceptions *260mentioned in the provisoes of the statute, extending the term of time, in which entry may be made.

New trial not to be granted.

Notes

Brainerd and ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‍Griswold, Js. having been concerned as counsel in this cause, did not sit.