Sohier v. Coffin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ of entry against John T. Coffin and the heirs of John C. Parkinson, to recover a lot of land in Brighton. Coffin was defaulted.
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Writ of entry against John T. Coffin and the heirs of John C. Parkinson, to recover a lot of land in Brighton. Coffin was defaulted. Trial in this court, before Foster, J., who reported the case substantially as follows: To show title, the demandants, among other evidence, put in and proved a deed of the demanded premises from William F. Otis to John T. Coffin, dated May 9, 1857, and a mortgage deed from said Coffin to themselves, dated September 12, 1857, to secure the payment of $5000; both duly acknowledged and recorded. The heirs of Parkinson offered no evidence of any title by deed, or…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
The demandants claim title under a mortgage from Coffin, and therefore they have joined Coffin in the suit, as they are permitted to do by the Gen. Sts. c. 140, § 8, though Coffin is not a tenant in possession. The tenants in possession are the heirs of John C. Parkinson, who died in January 1857. A few days afterwards the agent of Coffin called upon them and desired them to leave the premises. They refused to quit, and claimed title. Afterwards Coffin himself called upon them and wanted them to leave the premises. They *183again refused, claiming title. He endeavored to buy them off, and they…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Joyce v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Hunt v. MannMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882