Case Name: Joseph Cressey versus John H. Bradford
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1858
Citations: 45 Me. 16
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Cressey versus John H. Bradford.
Judges: Tenney, O. J., Appleton, Hathaway, Cutting, and Goodenow, J. J., concurred.
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 16–16

Head Matter:
Joseph Cressey versus John H. Bradford.
Trespass quare clausum cannot be maintained against one, for acts done on premises of -which he has been in possession more than six years, so as to be entitled to betterments under c. 145 of Revised Statutes.
On Report.
S. H. Blake and Tabor, for plaintiff.
J. Granger and Madigan, for defendant.

Opinion:
Rice, J.
This is an action of trespass quare clausum. The facts are the same as reported in the case, Bradford v. Cressey, ante, page 9, so far as the same are applicable. From that report, it appears that the defendant had been in the possession of the premises, which he is not charged with having entered unlawfully, more than six years. Under our Statute c. 145, he is entitled to betterments. In such case, trespass cannot be maintained. Chadbourne v. Straw, 22 Maine, 450; Paine v. Marr, 35 Maine, 181. Plaintiff nonsuit.
Tenney, O. J., Appleton, Hathaway, Cutting, and Goodenow, J. J., concurred.