Cheffee v. Geageah

This is a writ of entry brought to recover two parcels of land. A judge of the Land Court found for the tenant. The case is before us on an appeal by the demandant from that finding and from certain rulings given and refused by the court. The findings so far as material may be summarized as follows:

On March 9, 1900, one Lydia A. Herbert, who was the owner of the two parcels of land described in the writ, gave to Leander R. Peck a mortgage thereon for $1,700; on November 15, 1906, she gave him a second mortgage on the same parcels for $1,300; and on March 16, 1907, a third mortgage for $500.…