Jenks v. Liverpool, & London & Globe Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two ACTIONS OF CONTRACT, each to recover the amount of a policy, $1,250, issued by the defendant insuring the plaintiff against loss by fire of a dwelling house in the town of Adams. Writs dated July 10, 1907. The cases were referred to Sanborn G. Tenney, Esquire, as auditor, to be heard together.
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Two ACTIONS OF CONTRACT, each to recover the amount of a policy, $1,250, issued by the defendant insuring the plaintiff against loss by fire of a dwelling house in the town of Adams. Writs dated July 10, 1907. The cases were referred to Sanborn G. Tenney, Esquire, as auditor, to be heard together. The auditor’s report stated in substance the following facts: The land, upon which the dwelling house which was burned was situated, formerly was owned by one Buel E. Cole, who died on February 18, 1904, leaving a will which was proved on April 5,1904, and, besides other property, three parcels of…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
The question presented by the report (as we construe it) is whether the Chief Justice was warranted in finding for the plaintiff.
By the devise to Mrs. Cole, the fee in the land here in question vested in her as of the death of her husband on February 18, 1904. By the sheriff’s deed (dated August 10,1905) all the interest which she had on March 1,1904 (the date of the attachment) passed to the plaintiff subject to Mrs. Cole’s right of redemption. The year in which Mrs. Cole had a right to redeem the plaintiff’s title under the sheriff’s sale expired on August 10, 1906, nearly four months…
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