Legal Opinion
Marshall v. Francis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 15, 1955PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The petitioners, John L. Marshall and wife, seek to register title to certain land in Truro. The land sought to be registered comprises lots A, B, C, D, and E and will be referred to hereinafter as the locus. The respondents, devisees of Mary V. Marshall, second wife of Antoine Marshall, father of John, deny title in the petitioners and assert title in themselves for life. The judge of the Land Court rendered a decision granting registration of the locus as prayed for in the petition, “subject to any matters that may appear in the abstract [and] not here in issue,” and the respondents bring…
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