Culbert v. Hall

This is a bill in equity to remove a cloud upon the title to a parcel of land in Nantucket. It does not appear to be brought under the St. of 1893, c. 340, but under the general jurisdiction in equity which the Superior Court has had since the St. of 1883, c. 223. See Clouston v. Shearer, 99 Mass. 209; Smith v. Smith, 150 Mass. 73.

The plaintiff’s title is derived from a sale in pursuance of a levy of execution upon the land, and a sheriff’s deed dated *25December 28, 1899. The land was attached on mesne process on August 1,1898, as the property of one Chase. The alleged cloud upon the title was…