LEIGHTON v. LEIGHTON


329 A.2d 164 (1974)

H. Keith LEIGHTON and Rachel B. Leighton v. Ellington E. LEIGHTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silsby, Silsby & Walker, Herbert T. Silsby, II, Ellsworth, for plaintiffs.

Alan D. Graves, Machias, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK and DELAHANTY, JJ.


POMEROY, Justice.

This appeal results from a boundary dispute. What are the boundaries is not in issue. Where on the face of the earth the boundaries are located is the core of the dispute. Thus a question of fact is presented.

". . . [W]hat are the boundaries is a question of law, and where the boundaries are is a question of fact." Rusha v. Little, Me., 309 A.2d 867, 869 (1973).

The contested issues between the...

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