Shores v. Hooper
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ oe ENTRY to recover a parcel of land in Nantucket. Plea, nul disseisin. Trial in this court, before Q. Allen, J., who, before verdict, reported the case for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The following opinion was written by Mr. Justice Devens, and after his death was adopted as the opinion of the court by the Justices who sat with him at the argument.
The case involves the title to a tract of land. The demandant claims it, as the daughter and sole heir at law of Dr. Franklin Ellis. The tenant in possession claims under a conveyance made to her by three nieces of Dr. Ellis. Subsequently to this conveyance, the demandant, whose existence had been previously unknown, and who had been ignorant of the death of her alleged father, obtained a decree in the Supreme Court…
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