¶1The old wall and the occupation in accordance therewith, as existing when each party to this action acquired his title and for many years before, were rightly submitted to the jury as evidence of the true line between them. Hathaway v. Evans, 108 Mass. 267. Exceptions overruled.
116 Mass. 208
Coyle v. Cleary
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 28, 1874
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1874-10-28
Tort for breaking and entering the plaintiff’s close in Taunton. Trial in the Superior Court before Allen, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions in substance as follows : It appeared in evidence that Oliver Danforth formerly owned a large tract of land in Taunton, of which the tracts now owned by the plaintiff and defendant were a part.
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Decided 1874-10-28
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