Kerse v. Miller
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court December 16, 1895, to redeem land in Chelsea from a mortgage. A decree was entered for the plaintiff; and the defendant appealed to this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
This case comes before us on an appeal from a decree of the Superior Court sitting in equity. The only papers before us are the pleadings and the decree. The decree states that the cause came on to be heard upon evidence. The evidence is not reported, and the question is whether the decree corresponds to the allegations and prayers of the bill, and with the rules of law applicable thereto.
The facts as they appear in the bill are these. On April 13, 1866, Timothy Kerse mortgaged a parcel of land in Chelsea to the Chelsea Savings Bank. At the time the bill was brought, December 16, 1895, the…
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