Dodd v. Witt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Weit of entry to recover a parcel of land in North Adams. Plea, nul disseisin. Trial in the Superior Court, before Gardner, J., who directed a verdict for the demandant, and reported the case for the determination of this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The demanded premises are a strip two rods wide on the westerly end of the lot described in the demandant’s deed. The demandant derives title from Reuben Whitman, *64who in May, 1866, conveyed the premises to Thomas H. Lid-ford by a description as follows : “ Commencing on the road at the southeast corner of the land that I gave D. H. Raymond a bond to convey; thence west 22 deg. 30 min. N. ten rods; thence south 22 degrees 30 minutes west four rods; thence east 22 degrees 30 minutes S. ten rods; thence south on the road to the place of beginning.” The descriptions in the mesne conveyances are…
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