Blanchard v. Lowell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three petitions under St. 1893, c. 340, to compel each of the respondents to bring an action to try his claim to certain real estate in Lynn.
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Three petitions under St. 1893, c. 340, to compel each of the respondents to bring an action to try his claim to certain real estate in Lynn. Writs dated December 18, 1899. The allegations and prayer contained in each of the petitions were as follows: “ And the petitioner respectfully represents that he is seised in fee simple of and is in possession of a parcel of land in said Lynn bounded and described as follows [description] ; and that the record title of said premises is clouded by an adverse claim or the possibility of an adverse claim to said premises made by said respondent, who…
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
These are three petitions under the St. of 1893, c. 340, to quiet title to a parcel of land in Lynn.” The first ques*504tian raised by the respondents is that the petition does not allege that the petitioner has a record title to the land in question. Each petition alleges that the petitioner is seised in fee simple and is in possession of the land in question, which is déscribed by metes and bounds. It also alleges that the record title of the premises is clouded by an adverse claim or a possibility of an adverse claim made by the respondent who claims to own the premises' in fee. The prayer is…
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