Legal Opinion

Stevens v. Cohen

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 30, 1898PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Bill in equity, filed May 29, 1897, in the Superior Court, by Seymour W. Stevens and Sarah E. Stevens, his wife, against Esther Cohen and George Cohen, her husband, to remove a cloud upon the title to certain land in Boston. At the hearing, a decree was entered for the plaintiffs; and they appealed to this court. The facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.

This is a bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 29,1897, to remove a cloud upon Mrs. Stevens’s title to a lot of land in Boston. The only papers before us are the bill and certain exhibits referred to therein; the answer, which admits some of the allegations of the bill and denies others, and also sets forth certain facts; a decree which allows Mrs. Stevens to redeem upon the payment of certain amounts within' a time stated, and orders that if she fails to redeem within that time the bill is to be dismissed, with costs; and an appeal from this decree. Whether the case was heard…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. da Silva v. TurnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
  2. Condon v. MaynardCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Leshefsky v. American EmPloyers' InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  2. Joyner v. Lenox Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
  3. Sandler v. GreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  4. Taylor v. WeingartnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  5. Wiggin v. Lowell Five Cent Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938

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