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2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS
14 §6712. Impeachment of plaintiff's title deeds

Universal Citation:
14 ME Rev Stat § 6712 (2011 through 125th Legis)
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Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS

Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

§6712. Impeachment of plaintiff's title deeds

In all actions respecting lands or any interest therein, a title deed offered in evidence may be impeached by the defendant as obtained by fraud, where the grantor, if a party, could impeach it, if the defendant has been in the open, peaceable and adverse possession of the premises for 20 years.

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