Chamberlain v. Bradley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition for partition of land in Malden. At the trial in the superior court, before Reed, J., the petitioner introduced in evidence various deeds to establish his title; and among others an office copy from the registry of deeds of a deed from the Edge-worth Company to George F. Homer and Daniel Winkley, (this being one of the mesne conveyances through which he claimed title,) which ended thus: “ In witness whereof the said Edge-worth Company have caused these presents to…
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Petition for partition of land in Malden. At the trial in the superior court, before Reed, J., the petitioner introduced in evidence various deeds to establish his title; and among others an office copy from the registry of deeds of a deed from the Edge-worth Company to George F. Homer and Daniel Winkley, (this being one of the mesne conveyances through which he claimed title,) which ended thus: “ In witness whereof the said Edge-worth Company have caused these presents to be signed by their president, and their corporate seal to be hereto affixed, this fifth day of December, in the year of…
1Opinion of the CourtHoak, J.
The respondents rely upon only two of their objections to the rulings at the trial, and the others are to be regarded as waived. The court are of opinion that neither of the two is well founded.
1. The petitioner introduced a certified copy from the registry of deeds of a deed from the Edgeworth Company to Homer and Winkley, being one of the mesne conveyances through which he claimed title. It purported to be executed under the authority of the corporation by its president, and the respondents objected to its admission without proof of the authority of the president to execute it; but it was…
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