Briggs v. Treasurer & Receiver General

This is an action of contract under R. L. c. 128, §§ 95,* 96, to recover compensation out of the assurance fund created under other sections of that act, for the wrongful registration of a parcel of land as the land of the New England Structural Company. We do not find it necessary to consider the many important and interesting questions which were argued at the bar.

The short answer to the plaintiff’s claim is that when the parcel of land in question was erroneously registered (if it was erroneously registered) the plaintiff was not the owner of it.

The decree of registration was made by the…