Law reports : containing decisions of the Bench of the Supreme Court in Nova Scotia between the years 1834 and 1841

“Esson v. Mayberry. Trinity Term, 1841.

The grantee of a water lot, bounded on the shore, is entitled to take up to high-water mark; and that line of his grant changes with the gradual encroachment or retirement of the sea.

…The plantiff derived his title to the land in question through several mesne conveyances, from Mrs. Jane Donaldson. She, it appears, was, in 1818, and previously thereto, in possession of lots Nos. 4, 5 and 6, in division letter W, in the town plot of Dartmouth

Division letter W of the Town plot as seen here in this 1804 property owners map. (https://cityofdartmouth.ca/dartmouth-property-and-owners-in-vicinty-of-dartmouth-cove-lake-and-canal/), which today would be near the area of the ferry terminal and adjacent park.

Thomson, James. “Law reports : containing decisions of the Bench of the Supreme Court in Nova-Scotia between the years 1834 and 1841” [Halifax, N.S.? : s.n.], 1853 (Halifax, N.S. : R. Nugent) https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.67192/1?r=0&s=1