Wales v. Coffin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ of entry by a widow to recover land originally conveyed to her and her husband jointly, and held by the tenant under deeds from the husband.
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Writ of entry by a widow to recover land originally conveyed to her and her husband jointly, and held by the tenant under deeds from the husband. After the decision reported 13 Allen, 213, affirming the judgment of the superior court for the demandant, the case was referred to an assessor, to assess, among other things, the tenant’s claim under the Gen. Sts. c. 134, §§ 18,19, for the value of buildings and improvements, and now came again before this court on an appeal from the judgment ordered by the superior court upon the report of the assessor. All the material facts appear in the opinion…
1Opinion of the CourtHoar, J.
The somewhat complicated series of conveyances under which the tenant now claims compensation for improvements is set forth at length in the former report of the case, 13 Allen, 213. The original conveyance to Amasa Wales, and his wife, the present demandant, created a joint tenancy, and was made in 1837. Amasa Wales died in February 1865; and all his title to the demanded premises has been held by the tenant and those under whom he claims, since the conveyance to Cheever in April 1846. To entitle himself to an allowance for improvements, the tenant must show, either 1. that he and those…
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