Howson v. Crombie Street Congregational Church

We are asked in this appeal to decide the effect of a conveyance of a fee simple on condition subsequent and the reservation of a right of entry. The defendant (church) appeals from a declaratory judgment of the Land Court concluding that the “plaintiffs hold the Premises now known as and numbered 9 Crombie Street, Salem, free of any interest of the defendant.” We granted the defendant’s application *527for direct appellate review and we now affirm the judgment of the Land Court.

From the decision of the Land Court, we learn that by quitclaim deed, dated April 2, 1941, Gertrude Farnham conveyed a…