Fuller v. Fuller
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill m equity, filed in the Superior Court on July 2, 1915, by the owner of a parcel of land with the buildings thereon in the part of Quincy called West Quincy, to remove from the plaintiff’s title a cloud created by a certain tax sale, alleged to be invalid, and by a deed given thereunder. The case was referred to a master, who filed a report, in which he found the facts that are stated in the opinion.
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Bill m equity, filed in the Superior Court on July 2, 1915, by the owner of a parcel of land with the buildings thereon in the part of Quincy called West Quincy, to remove from the plaintiff’s title a cloud created by a certain tax sale, alleged to be invalid, and by a deed given thereunder. The case was referred to a master, who filed a report, in which he found the facts that are stated in the opinion. He found and ruled that the tax title under which the defendant claimed, and which was a cloud on the plaintiff’s title, was invalid, and that the plaintiff was entitled to a decree relieving…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The interlocutory decree confirming the report should have recited that the exceptions to the report were overruled, but the omission is of no material consequence as exceptions do not lie to a master’s refusal to make findings of fact as requested.
The report having been confirmed, the motion to recommit, although not appearing by the record to have been formally disposed of, was necessarily denied by the interlocutory decree, and the only question for decision is whether the final decree from which the defendant appealed is in accordance with the master’s report and the pleadings.
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