Simonds v. Simonds
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Land Court on October 29, 1906, for the registration of title to certain real estate in the town of Ludlow, the petitioner claiming title under conveyances, through a third person, from James L. Simonds and Frederick W. Simonds, the two sons of Charles A. Simonds.
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Petition, filed in the Land Court on October 29, 1906, for the registration of title to certain real estate in the town of Ludlow, the petitioner claiming title under conveyances, through a third person, from James L. Simonds and Frederick W. Simonds, the two sons of Charles A. Simonds. The respondents were Jennie E. (Simonds) Bishop, Gertrude M. Simonds and Lottie J. Simonds, the three daughters of Charles A. Simonds, all of whom were minors at the date of the death of their father, although Jennie E. Simonds, after-wards Jennie E. Bishop, had become of age when the petition was filed. Both…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
In 1886 one Lucius Simonds, the grandfather of the respondents, made a deed of certain land to his son, Charles A. Simonds. The deed recited as the consideration $1,000. The granting clause of the deed was as follows I ... do hereby remise, release, and forever quitclaim unto the said Charles A. Simonds his heirs and assigns.” After a description of the land, comes the other material language, namely: “ Reserving to myself the right at any and all times to cut and remove from any and all said tracts so much of the wood and timber growing thereon as I shall from time to time see fit and retain…
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