Legal Opinion

Nott v. C. T. Sampson Manufacturing Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 22, 1886PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.

This is a writ of entry, dated December 3,1885, to recover one eighth of two ninths of a parcel of land in North Adams, which descended to the demandant as one of the heirs of Samuel H. Gaylord. The demandant was born on May 15, 1861. On November 21, 1863, her guardian, who was also her father, sold the demanded premises, in pursuance of a license from the Probate Court, and the tenant is a subsequent grantee of the premises thus conveyed. The demandant seeks to recover on the ground that the notice of the guardian’s sale was bad, especially in not setting forth sufficiently the time and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Chandler v. SimmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
  2. De Riemer v. CantillonNew York Court of Chancery · 1819
  3. Wilson v. BiggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1844
  4. McKee's Heirs v. HannCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1839
  5. Weed v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
  2. Ferguson v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
  3. Nazro v. LongMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  4. Kingsley v. JordanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1892

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