THORNTON v. ESTATE OF CRESSEY


413 A.2d 540 (1980)

Jean B. THORNTON and Charles M. Thornton v. ESTATE of Gerald E. CRESSEY et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Argued January 10, 1980.

Decided April 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson by William W. Willard, orally, Portland, Titcomb, Fenderson & Knight by Jose W. Fenderson, Sanford, for plaintiffs.

Gaulin & Kimmel, by Kenneth E. Kimmel, orally, Biddeford, for Ida M. Cressey.

Smith, Elliott, Wood & Nelson by Roger S. Elliott, Saco, for Town of Waterboro.

Before WERNICK, and GODFREY, JJ., and DUFRESNE and DELAHANTY, A.R.JJ.


WERNICK, Justice.

Plaintiffs Jean B. and Charles Thornton, husband and wife, have appealed from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (York County) adjudicating against plaintiffs and in favor of defendants, Estate of Gerald E. Cressey and Ida M. Cressey, on the basis of the Court's acceptance of a referee's report which concluded that plaintiffs had failed to prove their claim of title to particular land.

Plaintiffs contend on appeal that the Superior...

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