Beckman v. Davidson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ of entry, dated October 25,1893, to recover a parcel of land in Plymouth. Plea, nul disseisin. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Bishop, J., who found for the tenant; and the demandant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The question in dispute in this case is where is the boundary line between the two lots owned by the demand-ant and the tenant respectively, which are adjacent to each other on the easterly side of the same street. The tenant traces her title back to a deed to Jane Burgess, dated June 25, 1831, conveying “ a certain house lot in Plymouth aforesaid, at Hobb’s Hole, so called, bounded as follows: beginning at the westerly corner by road, thence north forty-two degrees east one hundred and forty-six feet by Joseph Whiting’s land to his corner, bounded thence south thirty-seven degrees east…
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