Fox v. Widgery’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““It. would be the grossest absurdity to conclude that Nathan Perry, by taking, the conveyance from Job Doan, for a trifling consideration, con-tenuplated, instead of continuing, seised of the whole premises, as he claimed to have been before, that he became seised of only an undivided part in common with the other heirs of Job Doan’s ancestor. It would seem to be just and reasonable that a person in the bona fide possession of land under a claim of title should be allowed to buy in any title, real or pro-tended, with a view to quiet the enjoyment of his possessions, and that the purchase of an adversary title, if it does not strengthen, should certainly not- have the effect to impair, the title of the owner. It is not the policy of the law to deter persons from buying their peace, and compel them to submit to the expense and vexation of lawsuits, for fear of having their titles tainted by defects which they would gladly remedy by purchase, where it can be done with Safety.””

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   e.g. Elder v. McClaskey