Cowden v. Cutting

The defendant Matilda M. O’Rourke has appealed from the final decree of the Land Court in a suit to remove a cloud on title under the provisions of G. L. c. 185, § 1 (k), and c. 240, §§ 6-10. The judge made full and extensive voluntary findings and the evidence is reported. We are to decide the case according to our judgment of the facts, accepting the findings below unless we determine that they are plainly wrong. Lowell Bar Assn. v. Loeb, 315 Mass. 176, 178. Carroll v. Markey, 321 Mass. 87-88. Skil Corp. v. Barnet, 337 Mass. 485, 488 (“giving due weight to the judge’s findings”). This being…