Bruce v. Wood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was a writ of entry to recover one undivided sixth part of three several tracts of land in Marlborough. The demand ant counted on her own seizin.
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This was a writ of entry to recover one undivided sixth part of three several tracts of land in Marlborough. The demand ant counted on her own seizin. The parties submitted the case to the decision of the court upon these facts : The demandant, on the 11th of April, 1800, was the wife of Isaiah Bruce, who was then seized of the demanded premises in her right, and on that day, by his deed, conveyed said premises, together with other lands, to Phinehas Sawyer, under whom the tenant claims title. This deed was in the common form used by a single grantor, except that at the conclusion thereof the…
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, C. J.
The present question depends wholly upon the construction of the deed of Isaiah Bruce, the demandant’s former husband, and upon the further question, whether she herself was bound by it. This deed was dated April 11th, 1800, by which Isaiah Bruce conveyed to Phinehas Sawyer certain estate described, not now in question, and “ also three shares, being one half, of the reversion of dower ” described; two of which are described as acquired by purchase, “ the other share as 1 had it *543by marrying my wife.” It is in respect to this one sixth of the land, of which he and his wife were then seized in…
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