Freeman v. Weld

Decided July 1, 1854

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1854-07-01

Bill in Equity to enjoin the defendants from prosecuting certain suits at law, brought by them against the complainant, in the S. J. C. of Washington county, and to compel them to convey a certain lot of land, described in the bill. There was a demurrer to the bill and joinder.

Decided 1854-07-01

Hathaway, J.

¶1— The facts stated in the bill, and admitted by the demurrer, show that the equitable title to the estate in controversy, was in the plaintiff, and that the defendants, holding the legal title, fraudulently refused to convey, and claimed to hold the estate as their own property.

¶2The demurrer is overruled.

Shepley, C. J., and Tenney, Howard and Appleton, J. J., concurred.