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· 7/1/1865

Lewis v. Chadbourne

Citations

  • 54 Me. 484

How courts have described this case

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  • “The claimant must occupy the land with the intent to possess it as her own. The claimant’s occupancy must be in defiance of, rather than in subordination to, the rights of others. Intent may be inferred from her acts of dominion over the land.”

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Judges: Appleton, Barrows, Cutting, Daneorth, Kent, Walton

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