Harrison v. Dolan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ oe entry, to recover possession of a parcel of land in Lynn. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Sheldon, J., who found for the tenant; and the demandant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is a writ of entry. The defence is the statute of limitations. It was found by the judge who tried the case that the tenant had been in open adverse possession of the land in question under a claim of right for over twenty years, and had gained a title, unless the possession was interrupted by a sale and conveyance of the premises for taxes in 1883, followed by a quitclaim of the tax title to the demandant in 1884. The judge ruled that the possession was not interrupted, and ordered a judgment for the tenant. The foregoing facts present the only question. For although the bill of…
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