Anthony v. Anthony

This is a writ of entry to foreclose a mortgage, tried before a justice of the Superior Court without a jury. The tenants excepted to the refusal of the court to rule that there was no evidence to warrant a finding for the demandant, and to certain rulings in regard to the admission of evidence. The defences principally relied upon were the statute of limitations, adverse possession of the premises maintained for more than twenty years prior to the commencement of the suit, and payment or satisfaction of the mortgage debt. The statute of limitations was not pleaded, and this fact alone might…