Chase v. Chase
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ or entry, dated January 1, 1869, to recover land in Swansey. Plea, nul disseisin. At the trial in the superior court, before Scudder, J., :t appeared that the demandant, then the wife of Albert Chase, bi ought a libel for divorce from bed and board, on which there was an attachment of all the real estate of Albert Chase, including that now in issue; that a divorce was granted to the demand-ant, and alimony decreed on April 21, 1865, to the amount of $1100 ; that on July…
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Writ or entry, dated January 1, 1869, to recover land in Swansey. Plea, nul disseisin. At the trial in the superior court, before Scudder, J., :t appeared that the demandant, then the wife of Albert Chase, bi ought a libel for divorce from bed and board, on which there was an attachment of all the real estate of Albert Chase, including that now in issue; that a divorce was granted to the demand-ant, and alimony decreed on April 21, 1865, to the amount of $1100 ; that on July 3, 1865, execution was issued on the decree against Albert Chase, and on July 20, by order of the judgment creditor, he…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The demandant obtained a divorce from bed and board, and a decree for alimony in the sum of $1100. Execution 'was duly issued upon this judgment, which she caused to be served by arresting her husband and committing him to jail. While in jail he executed the deed under which the tenant claims, and afterwards, having claimed support as a pauper, was discharged by order of the judgment creditor. Subsequently an alias execution was issued, which the demandant caused, to be levied upon the demanded premises, and within a year after the levy brought this writ of entry to recover them, upon the…
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