Strout v. Gammon’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 5 state decisions

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1. “Paul and Karen Strout own an improved parcel of land in Gorham and Malcolm and Annette M. Gammon own an adjacent, improved parcel of land. At the Strouts’ request, [Wayne] Wood surveyed the properties and prepared the Wood Survey plan depicting his findings. This survey plan depicted the “buffer zone” boundary between the parties’ properties closer to the Gammon residence than previously thought and, as a result, it depicted a storage building, built by Gammon, encroaching on the Strouts’ property. Further, Wood determined that title to a triangular parcel of land (the “gore”) at the rear of the parties’ lots was held by Lau-rette (Strout) Jordan. The gore, as depicted on the Wood Survey, is bisected by a line[,] and the Gammons’ pool and well are located on the larger, four-sided parcel within the gore. At the time the survey was done, the Strouts had no actual or colorable claim to the gore. Subsequently, Paul Strout secured the signature of Lau-rette Jordan, his stepmother, on a deed he prepared purporting to convey the gore to him. Following a breakdown of settlement discussions between the parties, the Strouts filed a three-count amended complaint containing: (1) Count I: a real action at law, see 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 6701 et seq. (1980 & Supp. [1994]); M.R.Civ.P. 80A; 2 Field, McKusick & Wroth, Maine Civil Practice §§ 80A.1-80A.3 (2d ed. 1970 & Supp.1981); (2) Count II: trespass; and (3) Count III: nuisance. The Gammons answered, counterclaimed and filed a third-party action ”

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   e.g. Strout v. Gammon