Bangs v. Potter

This is a bill in equity. It appears, by the agreed facts, that the South Cove Corporation was the owner of a tract of land lying between Beach, Utica and Lincoln Streets, in Boston, which it divided into lots, of which a plan was made and recorded in the registry of deeds; that it adopted certain terms upon which said land should be sold, which were put in writing, entitled “ Terms of sale of lands of the South Cove Corporation,” and recorded with said plan; and that on April 23, 1840, it sold these lots by public auction, at which the plan and printed copies of the terms of sale were used…