Thorndike v. Barrett
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This case having been tried again in this Court,[Vid. 2 GreenL 312,] the demandant regularly deduced his title to the demanded premises from William Molineaux, who held the same under a deed of the following tenor:— “ To all people unto whom these presents shall come: John “ Molineaux of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and commonwealth “ of 'Massachusetts, merchant, in the capacity of clerk to the pro- “ priety known by the name of the Twenty Associates of the “…
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This case having been tried again in this Court,[Vid. 2 GreenL 312,] the demandant regularly deduced his title to the demanded premises from William Molineaux, who held the same under a deed of the following tenor:— “ To all people unto whom these presents shall come: John “ Molineaux of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and commonwealth “ of 'Massachusetts, merchant, in the capacity of clerk to the pro- “ priety known by the name of the Twenty Associates of the “ Lincolnshire Company, sends greeting. Whereas the said pro- “ priety at a legal meeting on the twenty third day of September, “ in…
1Opinion of the Court
The cause being continued nisi for advisement, the opinion of the Court was delivered at the ensuing August term in Oxford, by
Mellen C. J.
The only question is whether the deed from John Molineaux to William Molineaux, bearing'date Sept. 14, 1790, and recorded May 13, 1793, the execution of which was admitted, and which was offered in evidence without objection, is legal proof of a conveyance of the land therein described. A *385verdict has been found for the demandant, and he is entitled to judgment, unless the deed is to be pronounced inoperative as a conveyance of the premises demanded. We are…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Adams v. FrothinghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Codman v. WinslowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
- Mayo v. LibbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1815