Sheldon v. Bennett

These three suits in equity were brought under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 175, §§ 112, 113, and under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 214, § 3 (10). The cases are before this court on appeals from a final decree in each case dismissing the plaintiffs’ bill- of complaint.

The oral evidence at the hearing was taken stenographically but is not here made a part of the record. In such a case the findings of fact by the trial judge are final unless they are necessarily inconsistent with the general findings. *244Columbian Insecticide Co. of Boston v. Driscoll, 271 Mass. 74, 77, and cases cited.

It is alleged in the bills…